Product info
After a car accident in rural Pennsylvania Meg and James Hobart and their three rambunctious children find themselves rescued by an Amish family who invite them to stay until the car is repaired. Soon the Hobarts begin to look at the world around them with fresh eyes and a new understanding of what s most precious in life. Meg Hobart has everything: a happy marriage to a handsome successful husband a beautiful home in Charlotte North Carolina and three wonderful children. But it all comes crashing down around her the day she learns that her husband James has been living a lie--and has brought the family to financial ruin. Penniless and homeless the Hobarts pack up what little they still possess and leave behind their golden life for good. But it s not the material things Meg finds herself mourning. Instead she misses the certainty that she should remain married to James who has betrayed her trust so thoughtlessly. Worse she is suddenly very aware of just how spoiled her children have become. Meg wonders what her family has really sacrificed in their pursuit of the American dream. A frightening twist of fate forces the Hobarts to take refuge with a kind Amish family in Pennsylvania where they find themselves in a home with no computers no cell phones nothing the children consider fashionable or fun. Her uncooperative brood confined to the Amish world of hard work and tradition their futures entirely uncertain Meg fears she can never make her family whole again. Celebrating life s simplest but most essential values packed with laughter and tears this is a story of forgiveness and the power of love. You will never forget the special moment in time that is An Amish Christmas.
... read more.