Despite years on the run, Sophie Neumann is determined to care for two young children. She won’t abandon them the way she thinks her older sisters abandoned her. But times are growing desperate, and when she falls in with the wrong crowd and witnesses a crime, she realizes fleeing 1850s New York is her only option.
Disappearing with her two young charges into a group of orphans heading west by train, Sophie hopes to find safety and a happy life. When the train stops in Illinois for the first placement of orphans, Sophie faces the most difficult choice of her life.
Reinhold Weiss has finally purchased his own small farm. With mounting debts, a harvest to bring in, and past scars that haunt him, he’s in no position to give his heart away . . . but can he say no when his long-lost friend shows up on a nearby train pleading for his help?
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Searching For You
Book Author: Jody Hedlund
What do you like about this book:
"Sometimes God allows us to sink down in our own misery until we reach a low place where we're finally ready to look up and reach out for Him."
Sophie Neumann had sunk to new depths already in her very young life. Orphaned, abandoned, determined to care for two young souls whom she considered her own, Sophie almost made the worst decision of her life. Terrified after witnessing cold blooded murder, she hops on an orphan train headed west, determined to escape those who would stop at nothing to inflict harm on her and her two wards. But what she didn't know yet was that, "The good Lord never treats us as our sins deserve".
Reinhold Weiss is stunned to see his childhood friend working as a domestic helper over on his neighbor's farm. Little Sophie Neumann had certainly shed her kid sister appearance and was doing a fine job of donning the persona of a beautiful woman. Her sisters had searched everywhere for her. What was she doing in Mayfield, Illinois? And how could he possibly turn down her plea for help, even though it came at a very high price?
"Searching for You" weaves together several loose story threads in the author's outstanding Orphan Train series, reminding its readers that the Lord above truly can "do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think", even through the lives of broken, battered, confused, and yes, (as Sophie would admit) selfish characters.
I received a copy of this book from the author and publisher. The opinions stated are entirely my own.
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