On a hot day in 1737 in Rotterdam, Anna König reluctantly sets foot on the "Charming Nancy", a merchant ship that will carry her and her fellow Amish believers across the Atlantic to start a new life. As the only one in her community who can speak English, she feels compelled to go. But Anna is determined to complete this journey and return home, assuming she survives. She's heard horrific tales of ocean crossings and worse ones of what lay ahead in the New World. But fearfulness is something Anna has never known.
Ship's carpenter Bairn resents the somber people, dubbed Peculiars by the deckhands, who fill the lower deck of the "Charming Nancy". All Bairn wants to do is to put his lonely past behind him, but that irksome and lovely lass Anna and her people keep intruding on him.
Delays, storms, illness, and diminishing provisions test the mettle and patience of everyone on board. When Anna is caught in a life-threatening situation, Bairn makes a discovery that shakes his entire foundation. But has the revelation come too late?
"Anna's Crossing" had some parts in it that I didn't really like, but for the most part it was a good book. It took me a little while to get into the story, but once I did I really enjoyed it. It was fun to see what it might've been like for the Amish when they came over to America from Germany.
I give this book 8 out of 10 R's
This sounds pretty good! :) Most of Suzanne Woods Fisher's books haven't been favorites of mine, but her writing is really neat. :P
ReplyDeleteIt was a pretty good book, but it was a little slow to get into. ;)
DeleteI haven't read a whole lot of Suzanne Woods Fisher's books either, but for the most part I've enjoyed them. ;)