After escaping the asylum they were raised in, Brighton and Angel must rely on each other and on the kindness of strangers—some of whom may prove more dangerous than the asylum they’ve fled.
World War II Marine Joe Garrison returns home to be father to his deaf daughter, only to find she's become attached to Esther, the Amish woman who has raised her since his wife's death.
As World War II rages, nurse Christine falls in love with good Amish boy, Eli, and must choose between a new, uncertain life in the Amish faith or the comfortable, safe path her family wishes for her...
Henry is drafted and goes against the Amish church to follow God's will ' forcing Miriam to choose between the rules of her religion and the leading of her heart.