Spoiler alert! Please don’t read before completing the book as the questions contain spoilers!

  1. My parents were BOTH twins, so I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of twin siblings. Gideon and Eli are twins—something that happens more often in the Amish community than the Englisch one because the Amish have large families and the more babies a woman has the more likely she is to experience multiple births. Have you ever known twins? How were they alike? Different? Do you think you’d have liked to be a twin?
  2. Gideon works as a maker of toys for children. What were your favorite toys when you were a child? How are the toys different today?
  3. Hannah and Emma love working in a quilt shop Hannah owns. Have you ever quilted? Do you enjoy it? If not, what do you do for a hobby?
  4. Have you ever thought about living in an Amish community? What do you think would be the hardest part of adapting to life in one?
  5. Eli loves working on the farm his family has owned for generations. Were any of your ancestors farmers? Would you want to try farming? Why do you think so many people today think farming sounds like something some people say they’d like to try?
  6. A baby born outside marriage is called an unforeseen blessing in the Amish community. What do you think of this?
  7. Leah thinks both couples could share the farmhouse and add on as they have families. Do you think this could work? Have you ever had to live with a family member after you were married? How did that work?
  8. The Amish believe God sets aside a partner for us. Do you believe this?
  9. Have you ever visited an Amish community? Which one? What did you think about that way of life? Would you want to live there?
  10. Eli comes up with a solution for the two couples. Would you want to live so close to a sibling and their wife or husband? Why or why not?