Customer Reviews
Christian Romance... 
2008-12-03
Cindy Woodsmall
WaterBrook Press
ISBN: 1400072948
Reviewed by Rita Goatley for ReviewYourBook.com, 11/08
5 Stars
Christian Romance...
This is book three of the Sisters of the Quilt.
Hannah takes refuge with her Aunt who was shunned by the Amish community because of her love of music. Tragic events have driven Hannah from the Amish community and her family. She finds love and a family with Martin, his niece, and nephew. She also gets her education to become a nurse. When her sister Sarah calls her home for an emergency, she is reunited with her former fiancé, Paul. He is in the position to help Sarah with her mental health problems. Hannah has to decide which to choose Martin and the English way of life or Paul and the Amish way of life. She has never truly been able to let go of the Amish way. Her faith is tested and so is her patience. Bravely she must face the community that ostracized her, including her father.
This series has given readers a peak into the Amish way of life and their faith. This is the third book in the series and wraps up the Hannah saga. Cindy Woodsmall is a talented author, and I eagerly await her next book.
Good reading! 2008-11-17
This was another excellent book on the Amish! I enjoy her stories so much!
My new favorite author 2008-11-09
I enjoy reading Amish fiction books - Cindy Woodsmall is my new favorite author. Can't wait for the next one.
Sisters of the quilt 2008-11-05
I love the sisters of the quilt series! You will laugh and cry with Hannah as she tries to follow her path in life.
Beautiful Series 2008-11-04
"When The Soul Mends" is the last book in the "Sisters Of The Quilt" series. I honestly can not tell you which of the three books I have enjoyed the most. Cindy Woodsmall writes in a way that touches your heart and holds your attention from the first chapter to the last in the series. The characters seem so real that you begin to feel the pain, lost, healing, hope and love through out the three books.
What I have enjoyed the most is the author has come full circle with the series. You are not left wondering what could of been? Or what happens to the characters? She rounds it out nicely.
Thank you Cindy for giving us "The Sisters of the Quilt" series. Your books have been a present to those of us who enjoy reading Christian fiction. Also reading about the Amish, Mennonite and Old Order Amish families.
When the soul mends 2008-10-24
Returning to the home she fled in disgrace, will Hannah find healing for the wounds of the past?
After receiving a desperate and confusing call from her sister, Hannah Lapp reluctantly returns to the Old Order Amish community of her Pennsylvania childhood.
Having fled in disgrace more than two years earlier, she finally has settled into a satisfying role in the
Englischer world. She also has found love and a new family with the wealthy Martin Palmer and the children she is helping him raise. But almost immediately after her arrival in Owl’s Perch, the disapproval of those who ostracized her, including her headstrong father, reopens old wounds.
As Hannah is thrown together with former fiancé Paul Waddell to work for her sister Sarah’s mental health, hidden truths surface about events during Hannah’s absence, and she faces an agonizing decision. Will she choose the
Englischer world and the man who restored her hope, or will she heed the call to return to the Plain Life–and perhaps to her first love?
Finally!! 
2008-10-21
I really enjoyed the last book in this series. However, this series is probably a better read all at once instead of waiting three years from start to finish. Hannah, Martin, and Paul are all very identifiable and believable characters. As with many books, the ending is a little contrived and short. If only the authors wouldn't cut the "good stuff" off too early...
Book purchase 2008-10-18
For a used book it was in very good condition and I was pleased to receive it.
When the Soul Mends 2008-10-17
This book is excellent I don't read much but after I read the 1st 2 books in this series I couldn't wait to get this book. I could not put it down. Excellent!!!!
The Culmination of an Excellent Series 2008-10-17
Hannah, an old order Amish young woman, has left her home in disgrace after her fiance, Paul, has refused to hear her side of an unexpected pregnancy. After giving birth and being kicked out of her father's home, she left and looked up an Aunt who had also been banned from their Amish family. Hannah moved in with her aunt, learned to love her immediately, and through her, met Martin, an Englisher with plenty of money and the responsibility of raising his sister's two children. Hannah nursed her aunt through illness and death. Hannah and Martin fell in love, and an older Doctor in the town befriended her, nursed her back to health after her high risk pregnancy, gave her a job and a will to live and follow her dream of becoming a nurse.
An unexpected emergency back home called Hannah back. She was hesitant, but still loving her family and home, she drove the four hours to be with her sister, Sarah, who had become a total mental case and whose father refused any outside intervention. Hannah was basically shunned and ignored by the townspeople because of the way she had left, the Bishop's verdict and the fact she was now living as English. Hannah was determined to get Sarah some modern mental health help and her life becomes entangled with her old fiance Paul, who is now a mental health counselor and the one assigned to oversee the care of Sarah. Hannah feels she really does not fit in anyplace anymore, but is anxious to get back to Martin, the love of her life. Paul has a new girlfriend who figures hugely in the outcome of this love mystery.
Eventually lives collide, old hurts return, new ideas seem wrong, and her best friend Mary has kept her doctor's report a secret since her accident, and defied his counsel by becoming pregnant. Hannah has enough medical knowledge to know a catastrophe is waiting to happen.
She is met with opposition no matter which way she goes. Yet, she sticks to her convictions and gets help for both Sarah and Mary --both at a terrible cost and worry to her and those who love her. The book contains intrigue, mystery, religious conflicts and a very tumultuous love story.
I was completely surprised with the book's ending, and to say anymore would be to spoil this lovely series' ending. I am looking forward to more books by this author.
