{"title":"Cindy Woodsmall","description":"Cindy Woodsmall is a New York Times and CBA best-selling author of numerous works of fiction and one of nonfiction. Her connection with the Amish community has been featured widely in national media. She lives in the Foothills of the North Georgia Mountains with her family.","products":[{"product_id":"when-the-heart-cries-book-1-in-the-sisters-of-the-quilt-amish-series-paperback","title":"When the Heart Cries: Book 1 in the Sisters of the Quilt Amish Series - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Hannah dares to love across the boundaries of tradition, will she lose everything?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite being raised in a traditional Old Order Amish family, seventeen-year-old Hannah Lapp desires to break with custom, forgo baptism into the faith, and marry outside the cloistered community. 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