A Dream for Hannah (Hannah's Heart) [Paperback]

Jerry S. Eicher (Author)

Book Description

Series: Hannah's Heart | Publication Date: June 1, 2010

Having grown up in the Amish faith, author Jerry Eicher (over 100,000 copies in combined sales) treats his fast-growing readership to his firsthand knowledge in A Dream for Hannah.

Hannah Miller’s Amish faith is solid. Her devotion to her family and Indiana community is unquestionable. Yet her young spirit longs for adventure and romance. As troubling circumstances give her good reason to spend the summer at her aunt’s Montana horse ranch, Hannah soon discovers she has much to learn about life and love.

Her heart is awhirl with emotion as she dreams about her future. Sam, the boy Hannah has known all her life, is comfortable and predictable. Peter is the wild one, the boy who is on rumspringa. And Jake is unpredictable, intriguing, and living in the Montana wilderness.

Hoping for a dream come true, Hannah must decide how to fulfill her heart’s desire while staying true to her faith.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers (June 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736930450
• ISBN-13: 978-0736930451
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

As a boy, Jerry Eicher spent eight years in Honduras where his grandfather helped found an Amish community outreach. As an adult, Jerry taught for two terms in parochial Amish and Mennonite schools in Ohio and Illinois. He has been involved in church renewal for 14 years and has preached in churches and conducted weekend meetings of in-depth Bible teaching. Jerry lives with his wife, Tina, and their four children in Virginia.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a dream for hannah, June 15, 2010

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mjd "mare" (michigan) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Dream for Hannah (Hannah's Heart) (Paperback)

this book is almost identical to Hannah's Dream (2007)
it was disappointing to order a new book only to discover i had already read it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not my favorite Amish novel....., September 7, 2010

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"ReviewsByMolly" "Molly Edwards, auth... (Willow Spring,NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Dream for Hannah (Hannah's Heart) (Paperback)

I believe in sticking to my honest review policy and will do no less than that with this Amish novel. Jerry Eicher is a fabulously talented author. He can take an Amish story and create a powerful plot that makes his readers feel closer to the Amish, no matter where they live. That is what made me enjoy his novels. However, this book wasn't up to par with his usual work.

A Dream for Hannah is book 1 in his Hannah's Heart series. As I said above, I believe in giving my honest opinion, so with that being said, I did like this story, however, I thought the story line to be a bit bland compared to his Adams County Trilogy. It wasn't as upbeat as his Amish romances have been in the past. But, again, that is just my opinion.

Hannah is a young Amish woman who dreams of love and happily ever afters, until heartache causes her dreams to die. She was created with real to life personality and I will say that my heart did go out to her. Especially when she meets Jake, a young Amish man who's dreams died much the same as Hannah's. His personality was also real to life and blended well with Hannah's. These tender characters blended well with each other, but not with the storyline.

With all this being said, this was an okay novel for me. I do encourage everyone to a tleast give this a try, as everyone has opinions and you may find that you like this novel better than I did. I can not give it 5 stars though. When you are used to giving 5 star reviews for books that rock, it's hard to write a review when you can only give it 3 stars, especially since Mr. Eicher is seasoned with his other works. I will read book 2 in this series, A Hope for Hannah, in hopes that it will be a bit better!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Dream for Hannah, July 22, 2010

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This review is from: A Dream for Hannah (Hannah's Heart) (Paperback)

I was very disappointed to find that this book was just an "up-dated" book from Mr. Eicher's earlier book "Hannah". I do think a notation should have been made regarding the storyline. I also purchased the next book "A Hope for Hannah" and found the same thing with it. I've written to Mr. Eicher regarding my displeasure.