Authors Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould team up for the new Amish series The Women of Lancaster County. The first volume is The Amish Midwife (Harvest House), a compelling story about a search for identity and the ability to trust that God securely holds our whole life—past, present and future. “I’m a history major—I want things to be as accurate as possible,” notes Leslie. “I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to get Amish fiction anywhere close to right. But my agent suggested Mindy and I write a novel together. She lives in Pennsylvania. She’d already written Amish fiction. I thought it was a great idea!” So Leslie and her husband packed up the family for a research trip to Pennsylvania—and to meet her new co-author. “From the first Amish farm we drove by, I was absolutely hooked.”

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