SISTERS OF THE QUILT SERIES

Main Characters from Books 1 and 2:
When the Heart Cries and When the Morning Comes

Hannah Lapp—age twenty, Old Order Amish. Two and a half years ago, at seventeen, she left her family home in Owl’s Perch, Pennsylvania, in disgrace, and she established a new life in Winding Creek, Ohio, with her shunned aunt Zabeth. She had been secretly engaged to Paul Waddell for several months.

Zeb and Ruth Lapp—Hannah’s Old Order Amish parents. In addition to Hannah, they have six other children: Luke, age twenty-four; Levi, age twenty-two; Sarah, age eighteen; Esther, age fourteen; Samuel, age nine; Rebecca, age six.

Luke Lapp—Old Order Amish. He is Hannah’s eldest brother and one-time close friend, but he struggled to believe the truth about his sister’s tragedy. He is married to Mary Yoder.

Mary Yoder Lapp—age twenty, Old Order Amish. Mary is Hannah’s best friend and is married to Hannah’s brother Luke. Mary’s parents are Becky and John Yoder, and she has nine brothers.

Sarah Lapp—Old Order Amish. She is a troubled person and generated rumors about her sister Hannah that contributed to Hannah’s disgrace.

Zabeth Bender—Hannah’s aunt who took her in and helped her navigate the Englischer world until she passed away the summer after Hannah turned twenty.

Martin Palmer—turning twenty-nine as the book opens. He’s an Englischer raised by Zabeth Bender after his mother died. He and Hannah became friends and a support for each other soon after she arrived in Ohio. He’s fallen in love with her and has asked her to marry him.

Faye Palmer—Martin’s thirty-five-year-old sister and a drug addict. She ran off, leaving her children, Kevin and Lissa, with Martin and Hannah.

Kevin Palmer—Martin’s seven-year-old nephew.

Lissa Palmer—Martin’s six-year-old niece.

Paul Waddell—age twenty-four, a Plain Mennonite. As a college senior, he dreamed of marrying Hannah and using his social-work degree to help families. Then he discovered his fiancée’s secret.

Katie [Gram] Waddell—Paul’s Plain Mennonite grandmother. She lives a mile from the Lapp home and had Hannah working as a helper until her attack. Paul lived at Gram’s during his summer breaks.

Dorcas Miller—age twenty-four, a Plain Mennonite. She is friends with Paul and his family and attended the same Plain Mennonite high school as Paul.

Carol—Paul’s older sister and a friend of Dorcas’s. Carol’s husband is William, and they have two young sons and a baby girl.

Matthew Esh—age twenty-four, Old Order Amish, and a loyal friend to Hannah. He had been in love with Elle Leggett. His parents are Naomi and Raymond Esh, and he has two brothers: David, age fifteen, who died in a fire a few days prior to the start of this book, and Peter, age thirteen.

Elle Leggett—age twenty-five, not confirmed into the Amish church. She was born to Englischer parents, but Elle’s mother died, and her father abandoned her when she was a child. Abigail and Hezekiah (Kiah) Zook—a childless, Old Order Amish couple—took her in and raised her Plain.

Dr. Jeffrey Lehman—an older gentleman who is Hannah’s mentor and friend. He runs the Amish birthing center where Hannah works.