Judith Miller is an award-winning author whose avid research and love for history are reflected in her bestselling novels. When time permits, Judy enjoys traveling, visiting historical settings, and scrapbooking the photographs from her travel expeditions. She makes her home in Topeka, Kansas.

Gretchen Kohler is an Amana storekeeper's daughter with a secret passion for writing. But artistic pursuits are frowned upon in her conservative Amana village, so she confines her poems and stories to her journals, letting only close friends read them. When a young reporter comes into her store, she believes she's found a kindred spirit. She shares a few of her stories with him--only to have her trust betrayed in the worst of ways, resulting in trouble for her entire community. The scandal is made even worse by the fact that gypsies have camped nearby and seem to be preying upon the Amanans' compassionate, pacifist nature. Will Gretchen lose her job, her reputation, and the love of her childhood beau all because of one bad decision?

Can a young woman who harbors a secret passion for writing in the Amana Colonies in 1885 find belonging in a society that bans artistic expression?

More Than Words (Daughters of Amana Book #2) is an eBook exploring Gretchen Kohler's struggles as a writer in a conservative community, facing betrayal and scandal.

\["For readers who enjoy historical fiction with depth", "\\"More Than Words\\" explores the cost of artistic expression", "You will be captivated by Gretchen's inspiring journey"\]

Join Gretchen Kohler in a gripping tale of passion and betrayal in a conservative village.

Miller, Judith

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Can a young woman who harbours a secret passion for writing in the Amana Colonies in 1885 find belonging in a society that bans artistic expression?

Judith Miller is an award-winning author whose avid research and love for history are reflected in her bestselling novels. She has written 25 books, including three series coauthored with Tracie Peterson. Judy and her husband make their home in Topeka, Kansas.

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The Amana Colonies are a group of settlements in Iowa USA comprising seven villages of a people who originated in Germany and Austria and who came to the US to follow their faith in the manner their choosing . Amanians are not to be confused with the Amish.   
  
This is the first time I had heard of this group of people, so there was a lot to learn and I always enjoy learning from a well written story.  
Set in 1885, we meet Gretchen Kohler tending her father’s general store and keeping house for the family since her Mother’s death. Her Grandmother is having episodes of dementia and needs constant watching, her younger brother is liable to get into mischief and doesn’t like heeding his sister, and their father has been stern, unsmiling and seemingly uncaring since the death of his wife.  
Gretchen’s friend Conrad is the barber in the shop just across the way.  
The story is told by Gretchen herself and involves community members, the Gypsies who came to camp nearby, a stolen child and of course the problem of Oma, Gretchen’s grandmother.  
All is resolved as you would expect, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading about how it all played out.

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More Than Words (Daughters of Amana Book #2) [eBook]

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