Anna Schwartz is living with her Onkel Samuel and Aenti
Erin in Cody's Creek, Oklahoma, because she feels smothered
by her very large family and can't find a good fit for
herself in her Amish community in Goshen. Anna is twenty-
four and unmarried, unheard of in the Amish community. She
just doesn't know what direction her life should take, and
she's too independent to let others make that decision for
her.
Jacob Graber is in much the same situation. He can't find
his niche in his New York Amish community so he heads
west, working on Amish farms as he travels. Jacob lets the guy at the bus
station ticket counter decide where he's going next. That's how Jacob ends up
in Cody's Creek. He visits the Bishop of the Amish
community there and is sent to Samuel's farm. Samuel and
Erin have no sons to help with the coming harvest.
What starts out a beautiful autumn day, ends up in
disaster. A farm accident leaves Anna with a spinal cord
injury and paralyzed from the waist down. Anna spends the
next year in a wheelchair or bed-ridden. Her family, Jacob,
and her community pray for her continually, especially her
Mammi (grandmother) who lives with them. One morning, Anna awakes and
can wiggle her toes. She swings her legs over the side of the
bed, gets up, and walks to her Mammi. A miracle of healing
has taken place, but the reaction of many people and what
happens over the next several weeks is completely
astonishing.
ANNA'S HEALING is a powerful novel that explores many
questions about God's plan for our lives and God's ability
to perform miracles. Both Anna and Jacob are drifting
through life, seeking God's will for them, but not finding
it where they are. Anna battles illnesses beyond being
confined to a wheelchair and becomes very discouraged,
wondering just where God is in all of this. ANNA'S HEALING is a story
about how we approach life each day, about having faith, and
trusting God with the details of our lives. Vannetta Chapman has created
several strong
characters in ANNA'S HEALING to weave the plot together and
bring us a masterpiece of inspiration. She throws in a
budding romance between Anna and Jacob for all you
romantics out there. Ms. Chapman is one of my favorite
authors, and I've always enjoyed her stories, but ANNA'S
HEALING is very special. This is the beginning of a new
series, Plain and Simple Miracles. You will be blessed by
reading this one.
Anna's Healing is the first book in a brand-new collection from popular author Vannetta Chapman. These stories of love and family and Amish community in Oklahoma tell of the miracles that can happen when lives are lived in service to God and to one another.
When a tornado strikes the farms surrounding Cody's Creek, Anna Schwartz's life is changed forever. She suffers a spinal cord injury and suddenly finds herself learning to live as a paraplegic.
Three people--Chloe Roberts, Jacob Graber, and Ruth Schwartz--join forces to help Anna through her darkest days. Chloe is an Englischer who writes for the local paper. Jacob has recently arrived in town and stays on as a hired hand at her uncle's. And Ruth is her grandmother, a woman of deep faith and a compassionate spirit.
Then one morning Anna wakes and finds herself healed. How did it happen? Why did it happen? And what is she to do now? Her life is again turned upside down as the world's attention is drawn to this young Amish girl who has experienced the unexplainable.
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