

She said she understood them after reading my book, and could forgive them.

I think of one reader in particular who wrote to me, sharing that as a woman who’d grown up Amish, she’d never understood why her Amish grandparents treated her and her mother the way they did.

“But to me the most important part of writing is doing my best to create a story for one reader.

A million copies sold is exciting and an honor!” says Woodsmall. “It was hard to imagine that anyone would connect with my characters and stories the way I did. She will be featured in an upcoming episode of “Amish Out of Order” on National Geographic Channel, scheduled to air May 8. Since then, Woodsmall’s personal connections with the Amish community have been featured on ABC Nightline and on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. The book was a 2007 ECPA Christian Book of the Year Award finalist and Books-a-Million FaithPoint Book Club January 2007 selection. This milestone includes Woodsmall’s six novels, three novellas, and the non-fiction title Plain Wisdom she co-authored with her Old Order Amish friend, Miriam Flaud.Ī New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, Woodsmall’s first novel, When the Heart Cries, was published in 2006. – WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group is pleased to announce that popular Amish fiction author Cindy Woodsmall has reached one million copies sold. Woodsmall to Be Featured on National Geographic Channel But on the evening of the engagement tragedy strikes, and in one encounter all that Hannah has known and believed is destroyed Member ofĬataloging source DLC Woodsmall, Cindy Index no index present LC call number PS3623.O678 LC item number W47 2006 Literary form fiction Series statement Sisters of the quilt series Series volume bk.Cindy Woodsmall Reaches Publishing Milestone: Hannah accepts, aware that her choice will change her relationship with her family forever. She's been in love with Mennonite Paul Waddell for three years, and before returning to college for his senior year, Paul asks Hannah to be his wife. Language eng Summary Despite being raised in a traditional Old Order Amish family, seventeen-year-old Hannah Lapp desires to break with custom and marry outside the cloistered community. Label When the heart cries Title When the heart cries Statement of responsibility Cindy Woodsmall Creator
