Hester on the run
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | ROMANCE BYLER, L. | On Shelf |
Franklin Park Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC BYLER, LIN | On Shelf |
Glen Ellyn Public Library - Adult Fiction | FIC BYLER, LINDA | On Shelf |
Messenger Public Library of North Aurora - Fiction | F BYLER | On Shelf |
Prairie Trails Public Library District - Stacks | BYL | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Good Books, [2015].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9781680990584
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"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?' 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"--Amazon.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Byler, L. (2015). Hester on the run . Good Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Byler, Linda. 2015. Hester On the Run. Good Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Byler, Linda. Hester On the Run Good Books, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Byler, Linda. Hester On the Run Good Books, 2015.
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