Drawing from her own experiences when she belonged to a “plain church,” author Adina Senft taps into the single angst that inevitably comes with wedding season in The Hidden Life: An Amish Quilt Novel (FaithWords). “I remember that feeling of panic well as other girls paired off with young men, while I went to singings and gatherings with my girlfriends or by myself,” Adina shares. “With a church so small and a pool of choices even smaller, some of us wondered if we would ever get married—or if we would do the unthinkable and look outside for a mate.”
