Kim Vogel Sawyer

Ours for a Season by Kim Vogel Sawyer

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Ours for a Season

An Old Order Mennonite couple’s vows and beliefs are challenged in this stirring contemporary novel for fans of Cindy Woodsmall or Shelley Shepherd Gray.

Anthony and Marty Hirschler are part of an Old Order Mennonite community in Pine Hill, Indiana. The couple has grown apart since a doctor confirmed they would never have children. Marty longs to escape the tight-knit area where large families are valued, and the opportunity to do so arises when her childhood friend, Brooke Spalding, resurfaces with the wild idea of rebuilding a ghost town into a resort community. Brooke hires Anthony to help with the construction, drawing the Hirschlers away from Indiana and into her plan, and then finds herself diagnosed with cancer. Moral complications with Brooke’s vision for a casino as part of the resort and the discovery of a runaway teenager hiding on the property open up a world neither the Hirschlers nor Brooke had considered before. Will they be able to overcome their challenges and differences to help the ones among them hurting the most?

Agencies battling human trafficking in the United States

This is not an exhaustive list, but is intended to give you a starting point in discovering what you can do to #EndIt!
Alabama — enditalabama.org/resources
Alaska — humantraffickinghotline.org/state/alaska
Arizona — endsextrafficking.az.gov
Arkansas — pathsaves.org
California — castla.org/services
Colorado — coloradocrimevictims.org/human-trafficking-program.html
Connecticut — ctcoalitionagainsttrafficking.org
Delaware — zoe-delaware.org/resources.html
Florida — flfamily.org/get-help/human-trafficking
Georgia — rescuinghope.com/bethekey/
Hawaii — www.pacificgatewaycenter.org/human-trafficking-services/
Idaho — idahoatc.org
Illinois — humantraffickinghotline.org/state/illinois
Indiana — indiana.edu/~traffick/_resources/_organizations/organizations.html
Kansas — ictsos.org; http://ipsr.ku.edu/ASHTI/
Kentucky — endslaverynow.org/kentucky-rescue-and-restore
Louisiana — lacaht.org
Maine — preblestreet.org/preble-street-anti-trafficking-services/
Maryland — mdhumantrafficking.org
Massachusetts — mceht.org/#/about
Michigan — michiganabolitionistproject.org/michigan-organizations/
Minnesota — mnhttf.org/human-trafficking/organizationsproviders/
Montana — montanaantitraffickingproject.com/index.html
Nebraska — ago.nebraska.gov/combating-human-trafficking
Nevada — ag.nv.gov/Human_Trafficking/HT_Home/
New Hampshire — nhcadsv.org/human-trafficking.html
New Jersey — njhumantrafficking.org
New Mexico — thelifelink.org/anti-human-trafficking-initiative.html
New York — safehorizon.org/anti-trafficking-program/
North Carolina — nccasa.org/cms/resources/human-trafficking-resources
North Dakota — projectfuse.org
Ohio — humantrafficking.ohio.gov
Oklahoma — nbint.org
Oregon — abolitionnow.com/organizations/awareness/item/portland-s-human-trafficking-task-force
Pennsylvania — educateandadvocate-paath.com
Rhode Island — helplineri.com/human-trafficking
South Carolina — scag.gov/human-trafficking
South Dakota — 318project.org/about.html; pathfindercenter.org
Tennessee — endslaverytn.org
Texas — hothtc.org/coalition/
Utah — attorneygeneral.utah.gov/initiatives/human-trafficking/
Vermont — humantraffickinghotline.org/state/vermont
Virginia — novahti.com
Washington — preventhumantrafficking.org
West Virginia — stophumantraffickingwv.org
Wisconsin — wcasa.org/pages/Intervention_Human-Trafficking.php
Wyoming — wyomingdvsa.org/human-trafficking-resources

Genre: Contemporary, Mennonite

Publisher: Waterbrook Multnomah

Published: September 11, 2018

Reviews

It is very important to know where you belong. In this novel by Kim Vogel Sawyer, the reader meets Amy Knackstedt, devoted Mennonite, when she is showing their new home to her three children, Bekah (13), Parker (11) and I always enjoy a story of personal struggles and eventual triumphs. But Ours for a Season takes it up a notch. Kim sensitively weaves in a contemporary social issue that we all need to care more about. Both Marty and Brooke set an inspiring example of true Christian love. Well done, Kim!

Melody Carlson,
award-winning author of We’ll Meet Again

Ours for a Season swept me away from the first page until the last. Sawyer’s ability to create true-to-life characters shines in this unforgettable tale. Run, do not walk, to your nearest bookstore and buy this book!

Kathleen Y’Barbo,
best-selling author of The Pirate Bride and Beloved Castaway

What begins as a seemingly predictable ‘we can’t have a baby’ novel turns into a ripped-from-the-headlines heart-wrenching story. Marty, Anthony, and Brooke came to life, each with his or her own challenges. As they worked to resolve these challenges, I learned along with them…about life, love, and ultimately hope.

Roxanne Henke,
author of the popular Coming Home to Brewster series

Kim Vogel Sawyer has a unique ability to connect readers to their own foibles and needs by exploring the hearts of her characters with great insight. I highly recommend this amazing novelist.

Hannah Alexander,
author of the Hallowed Halls series

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