1. Have you ever taken your child from the shopping cart and put him or her in the car before loading the groceries? Do you think after reading this book you’ll change your routine?
2. After Adriana is abducted, Brandon and Leon work together to medicate Roslyn against her wishes. What was your reaction to this? Did they have her best interests at heart or was something else going on?
3. Ecclesiastes 11:1 reads, “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” Can you think of a time when a generous act you showed one person was repaid to you through another?
4. Was Roslyn a character you had a hard time relating to? How did you react when she brought Adriana/Faith “home,” took her shopping for new clothes, and had her hair and nails done? If you’d been in Roslyn’s shoes, would you have transitioned your daughter so quickly? At this point in the story, was Roslyn thinking more about herself or of Faith/ Adriana? Were there elements of Roslyn’s situation that you empathized with?
5. Gideon had his heart broken by Olivia when she decided to jump the fence. When he begins to have feelings for Faith, he asks her to confirm that she plans to commit to the Amish way of life. Imagine how Gideon felt when he saw Faith’s photo in the newspaper, wearing a fancy dress, her hair and face made up. His best laid plans didn’t account for the mystery that unravels about Faith. Think of a time in your life when you took out all possible obstacles and your plan was still thwarted. What did you learn about your own plans compared to the plans God has for you?
6. How did you feel when Faith begins to settle in to life with the Colepeppers? Did you feel like it was a betrayal to her friends and family in Posen? Her Amish way of life? Can you recall times in your life when you accepted God’s will for you even when it went against everything you preferred?
7. Roslyn makes the difficult decision to let Faith go after finally getting her back. In what ways does Roslyn’s character grow over the course of the story? Is the person she becomes someone you’d want to befriend?
8. The man with red hair shows up in several scenes of the book. Who does this man represent to you? In what ways did he affect the outcome of the story? Could this story have had the same ending if this character hadn’t been present?