The Heart Knows the Way Home

By Christy Distler

Description:

As children, Janna Carpenter and Luke Martin lived on opposite sides of Division Highway, and that wasn’t the only division in their lives. While he grew up in the gmay—Lancaster County’s Old Order Mennonite community—she was the daughter of a single mother who left her in the care of Luke’s grandmother. For six years Janna found love with the Martins, until her mother abruptly moved them away.

Now, almost fourteen years later, Janna returns to the area with her daughter. Her hope for a new beginning is lost when they find their home uninhabitable after a storm, then an out-of-gas car leaves them stranded. When two women stop to help, they turn out to be Luke’s aunts, and the Martin family again takes her in.

Janna and Luke, a widower struggling to balance business and family responsibilities, reacquaint as Janna assists his grandmother and cares for his son. Her self-protective independence and his conservative principles put them at odds, but the difficulties they face draw them closer.

When long-lost friendship rekindles into unexpected love, will either be willing to make changes so they can be together?

Book Takeaway:

God's plan for our life is often turns out so much more amazing than anything we could imagine.

Why the author wrote this book:

1. As a reminder that God redeems the evil done to us
2. To bring awareness, and provide financial support through donations from book sales, to Clinic for Special Children, a nonprofit medical facility in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, that serves children and adults (mostly Amish and Mennonite) with genetic and other complex medical disorders