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Karlina Richter must get past her feelings of animosity toward a hired shepherd if she is ever going to find out the secrets her father is keeping, while Dovie Cates risks her budding relationship

Set in the 1885 Amana colony of Homestead, Iowa, this tale finds 22-year-old Gretchen Kohler trying to tend her father's general store while watching over her young brother and senile Oma.

Johanna has lived her entire life in Amana and she longs to explore the outside world. Meanwhile, rebellious Berta struggles to adjust to life in their close knit community.

With the Great War fueling anti-German hysteria, agents of President Wilson's Council of National Defense threaten to disfigure Jutta Schmidt, torch her family's bakery, and butcher her p

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.