Virtuous Women

Seventeen-year-old Hope Wagner doesn't know happiness, but she knows her place. In the two years since her mother's death, she's single-handedly raised and homeschooled her ten younger siblings while keeping her father's house. Her only possible escape is to marry a godly young man who will make her a helpmeet in her own right. Hope's never been shown any other options, and it doesn't occur to her to dream of a different life. When her father marries Jennifer, the strange newcomer to their church, Hope is allowed to begin her own courtship. Much to her surprise, her betrothed has a vision for their life that includes radical ideas like education, careers, and choosing how many children they want to have rather than leaving it up to God. For the first time Hope can imagine a very different future than the one her father's planned for her, and she wants that future more than she's ever wanted anything else. Jennifer Levine has always wanted a large, close-knit family that lives according to traditional values, just like all those families she reads about in her beloved historical novels. When Michael, a handsome, successful widower at her new church begins to court her, Jennifer believes she's found the life of her dreams. But once she's married, Jennifer exists in a nightmare of inadequacy and futility as she tries to embody her husband's idea of a virtuous woman. When Jennifer finally rejects Michael's authority over her, she launches the family into a crisis that threatens Hope's future and will change all of their lives forever.

• | Author: Ann Goltz
• | Publisher: Quiet Publications
• | Publication Date: Mar 05, 2024
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0999521519
• | ISBN-13: 9780999521519