Dear Emily, Remember how I used to say that when I died, I wanted to be remembered as a godly woman? I almost gave up this winter…
Writing letters home to her sister Emily is Hannah Zartman’s lifeline. Its 1798, and Hannah’s life no longer bears a speck of resemblance to the affluent city life she left behind to marry Georg, a Hessian mercenary turned colonist. Hannah can milk a cow, deliver piglets, churn butter, quilt and spin, and even shoot a bear should the need arise. But this year, harder things are pressing from every side, shaking Hannah’s commitment to the harsh frontier life she has chosen and to the man she loves.
When put to the test and tempted to run, will Hannah hold fast to her family and her faith? Pouring out her every day cares through her pen, will she find the strength to plant a family legacy that will forever testify to God’s providence in the worst of times? In her award winning debut novel, Letters to Emily, Miriam Ilgenfritz stitches a heartwarming tapestry of early American country folk and the faith and traditions that shaped and sustained them.