A book that proves the Amish life isn't always simple and plain but human like the rest of the world.
Levi Yoder permits Amish turned English, Margaret Goodman to visit his son, Luke, a week at Christmas each year. He threatens to stop her visits if Margaret gives Luke a journal from his dead mother that holds the secret lies Levi has told his son for years. Levi makes Margaret's stay miserable, hoping she will leave. Though Margaret hates the way Levi treats her, she endures because of her love for Luke. All the while, she hopes that some day Levi will come to his senses and realize he loves her as much as he did years ago when they were young. As the two of them butt heads over the boy, Margaret takes Luke ice skating and finds herself trying to save a young girl from drowning in the creek. She goes to the barn to watch the birth of Luke's first calf. The cow attacks her, leaving her battered. How Levi really feels surfaces when he has to take care of Margaret.