Hester on the Run
Hester's Hunt for Home, Book One
Linda Byler
- The
- setting
- is
- the
- beginning
- of
- an
- Amish
- settlement
- in
- colonial
- America
- in
- the
- forests
- of
- eastern
- Pennsylvania.
- There,
- a
- young
- Amish
- couple,
- Hans
- and
- Kate
- Zug,
- are
- in
- their
- ninth
- year
- of
- marriage,
- still
- waiting
- to
- have
- a
- child.
- Then,
- one
- April
- morning,
- Kate
- finds
- a
- Native
- infant,
- wrapped
- in
- deerskin
- and
- placed
- next
- to
- the
- spring
- where
- she
- went
- to
- fill
- her
- water
- bucket.Kate
- and
- Hans
- cherish
- Hester,
- despite
- the
- pointed
- question
- of
- Hans’s
- mother-
- What
- makes
- you
- think
- you
- can
- raise
- her
- Amish,
- with
- her
- Indian
- blood?”Struck
- by
- his
- daughter’s
- unusual
- beauty,
- Hans
- insists
- on
- choosing
- the
- fabric
- for
- her
- handmade
- dresses.
- And
- when
- his
- and
- Kate’s
- first
- son
- is
- born
- a
- year
- later,
- Hans
- despairs
- of
- his
- homely
- face
- and
- nearly
- bald
- head.
- In
- fact,
- Hans
- continues
- to
- give
- his
- fullest
- attention
- and
- affection
- to
- Hester,
- even
- as
- eight
- more
- children
- are
- born
- to
- him
- and
- Kate.Hester
- glows
- as
- she
- grows,
- an
- unmistakable
- beauty
- both
- inside
- and
- out,
- and
- charms
- her
- adopted
- Amish
- community.
- But
- then,
- an
- elderly
- Lenape
- woman
- hands
- Hester
- a
- package
- of
- medicinal
- herbs
- to
- rout
- an
- infection
- that
- is
- threatening
- Kate’s
- life.
- A
- trust
- passes
- between
- the
- wizened
- and
- the
- youthful
- Native
- women.
- In
- that
- moment,
- Hester
- recognizes
- that
- she
- belongs
- to
- two
- worlds,
- both
- intent
- on
- possessing
- her.
- When
- Amish
- Indian
- Hester
- realizes
- that
- she
- must
- leave
- her
- tension-filled
- home
- for
- her
- sake
- and
- her
- father’s,
- she
- takes
- only
- two
- possessions:
- the
- leather-bound
- book
- of
- remedies
- left
- for
- her
- by
- the
- old
- Lenape
- woman
- and
- her
- memories
- of
- the
- Amish
- ways.Skyhorse
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