NEWSFLASH: Karen Anna Vogel to start a new series “The Amish Knitting Circle” with Trestle Press.

Trestle Press is proud to announce a new series by author Karen Anna Vogel: “The Amish Knitting Circle”. Here is the synopsis:

 “Granny Byler is praying for five women in her Old Order Amish community in Smicksburg, PA., but nothing seems to be happening. Spinning wool one day she ponders the fact that fibers wrapped around each other make a yarn that’s hard to break.  Maybe the women she sees unraveling need to spun together so they don’t break.

So Granny starts a knitting circle to make items for tornado victims in Joplin, MO. She invites Maryann who looks too tired and needs a break from her eight children.  Ella seems mighty down since a doctor told her she can’t have children. Ruth feels she’ll never get married because of her weight. Ruth has been depressed since the day she got married and won’t tell anyone why. Susan never married to take care of her paraplegic father, but others suspects she has a broken heart over a broken courtship.

Over the course of a year these women open up at the knitting circle. Their hearts are encouraged, being knit together in love as they face trials and troubles…together.”

About Karen Anna Vogel:

A trusted English friend among Amish in Western PA and Western NY, my four grown children call me an Amish Addict. My husband of thirty years shares my addiction. Our Old Order Amish friends have helped take us back to a time when life was slower. Slow enough to enjoy our faith, family and friends. Wanting to share what I’ve learned from these gentle people led me to write Amish fiction. I’m represented by Joyce Hart of Hartline Literary Agency and blog under Amish Crossings: http://karenannavogel.blogspot.com/   Member of Pittsburgh East Scribes and ACFW.