For as long as she can remember, Gabrielle Hope has had the gift of knowing--visions that warn of things to come. When she and her mother joined the Pleasant Hill Shaker community in 1807, the community embraced her gift. But Gabrielle fears this gift, for the visions are often ones of sorrow and tragedy. When one of these visions comes to pass, a local doctor must be brought in to save the life of a young man, setting into motion a chain of events that will challenge Gabrielle's loyalty to the Shakers. As she falls deeper into a forbidden love for this man of the world, Gabrielle must make a choice. Can she experience true happiness in this simple and chaste community? Or will she abandon her brothers and sisters for a life of the unknown? Soulful and filled with romance, The Outsider lets readers live within a bygone time among a unique and peculiar people. This tender and thought-provoking story will leave readers wanting more from this writer.
About the AuthorAnn H. Gabhart is the bestselling author of several Shaker novels--
The Refuge,
The Outsider,
The Believer,
The Seeker,
The Blessed, and
The Gifted--as well as other historical novels, including
Angel Sister,
These Healing Hills,
River to Redemption, and An Appalachian Summer. She and her husband live on a farm a mile from where she was born in rural Kentucky. Ann enjoys discovering the everyday wonders of nature while hiking in her farm's fields and woods with her grandchildren and her dogs, Frankie and Marley. Learn more at www.annhgabhart.com.
AwardsCommended for Christian Book Award (Fiction) 2009.
Book InformationISBN 9780800732394
Author Ann H. GabhartFormat Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Revell, a division of Baker Publishing GroupPublisher Baker Publishing Group
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 15mm