Anna's Healing

Author, Vanetta Chapman, brings us a wonderful book filled with information  about Amish living in the small community of Cody's Creek, OK.  Each Amish community seems to be a little different in the actions allowed, so it's always interesting to read about different communities.

Anna has come to Cody's Creek to live with her Aunt, Uncle and Grandmother from Goshen, IN.  She wants to experience more than what her hometown had to offer.  In the course of her Oklahoma living, she encounters a horrible accident. The story also has the entrance of a young Amish man, who while traveling through the area, takes on a job to help her Uncle on his farm.  Jacob ends up playing a huge part in this book.  Also, add the friendship of Chloe, an Englisher, who becomes good friends with Anna, and very interesting things happen.

To me, the story brings much to the reader's mind in our own belief of believing in miracles and God's healing.  This was a very good book that I would recommend to anyone wanting Amish information, love, friendship, intrigue, and thought-provoking issues.  Excellent read!

I was captivated by this book and got invested in its characters. I read he whole book in a single day! I cherished the example and advice of Anna's aunt, uncle and grandmother particularly. The details of their compassion and selfless service are what keep me coming back to books like this one. I would recommend this book, perhaps with tissues ready! 
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Anna’s Healing is an awesome page-turner of a read, and one that will linger long after the final page has been turned.
Anna’s is leading an ordinary life as any young Amish woman would, when disaster hits her area in Oklahoma, in the form of tornados. Wandering Amish man Jacob Graber is working at her Uncle Samuel’s farm and happens to find Anna as she lays severely injured on the ground.
From the blip on the back of the book you will know what it about to happen, but the depth and feelings are what makes this story so special. We all would love a Grandmother Ruth, she never left Anna’s side when she became so ill, and smothered her in prayers.
I was not surprised as to what happens when Anna is healed, who wouldn’t hope that she was a healer, and flock to her and hope beyond hope that she could save their loved one. What a though provoking and heart rendering book, you will wonder where they can go and find peace again. Be surprised how some of their fellow believers treat her, and yet I shouldn’t be it is quite common. Envy and jealously and questioning why was she healed and not my loved one, and I couldn’t blame them.
Pick this one up and you won’t want it to ever end, a totally enjoyable read.
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Harvest House, and was not required to give a positive review.

Thought-provoking book. I loved how this story was told through the eyes of a reporter. Anna and Chloe had such an unlikely friendship that proved to be lasting. Anna's grandmother had such a strong faith that it was easy to believe that miracles could happen. I look forward to more books in this series.

If I could give this book 1000 stars I would . I loved it. It was a first  book by this author for me. It will not be the last. I truly  enjoyed  the story of Anna's Healing. Anna and her family face a traumatic  accident  that left her paralyzed  from the waist down.  She also meets Jacob. They learn to have absolute true faith in God and his abilities.

Anna’s Healing is the story of Anna, her healing from a tragic accident, her growth in her faith and family and a possible love interest.  This story made me look at things in a different light than I had looked before.  Why does God allow bad things to happen to people and why does it appear that he ignores our prayers (or does he answer in a different manner than we wish).  I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys books about the Amish or just a good read to make you look at things from a different point of view.

Wow! I picked up this book because of the author, and I am so glad I did. I am not a huge fan of Amish stories, as after awhile they seem repetitious to me, but this one really struck me. A young girl, Anna, goes to stay with her aunt and uncle and grandmother. While working out in the field she gets injured and becomes paralyzed. The strong faith and love of her family and friends gives her strength, and the story is one of hope and healing. A truely remarkable story, and one that made me tear up a time or two. A sweet story, with a HEA of course, and one I highly recommend.

Vannetta Chapman has done it again! As soon as I saw the cover I was in love with this book.  Anna's Healing is the first book in a new series and I truly fell in love with the characters.  Vannetta Chapman does such a great job with her writing that I feel like I am actually in the book.  If you enjoy Amish stories and/or Vannetta Chapman then I recommend picking up a copy of this book.

Vanetta Chapman has been one of my favorite authors who specializes in novels about relationships between the Amish and Englischers. In Anna's Healing, the first book of the Plain and Simple Miracles series, the action takes place in Oklahoma. A twister causes Anna to become a paraplegic. 

The accident changes not only Anna, but everyone around her. Long-held bitterness and hurts begin to be resolved in Anna's relatives and her Englisch friend, Chloe, but Anna struggles for emotional survival.

Grace, forgiveness, and struggling to understand the sovereignty of God are major themes of this moving narrative. Chapman offers forth a beautiful description of how God views the death of His children...that nugget alone makes the book worth reading!!

I wish I could meet Anna's mammi. The Amish elderly are both greatly respected and often deserving of that respect. I loved Mammi's wisdom, "I was able to be thankful again, and gratitude will bring healing every time."

As always, I eagerly anticipate Vanetta Chapman's next offering. I gratefully received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.