Depicts the life of the Petersheims, a large, close-knit Amish family living on a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

When twelve-year-old Mary spends a summer working on her sister's farm in an Amish community, she learns that there is more than one kind of housekeeping.

Joe and Arie, a young Amish couple, try to get through their first summer on their farm with the help of Joe's younger sister Nancy and brother Steven

When the elder Petersheims buy a farm for young Omar, his sister comes to keep house for him, and together they make a new home for the mischievous Dannie.

Nancy Petersheim, keeping house for her brother Omar, is busy with her own work, helping neighbors, and being friends with Sally and Andrew. This Amish family pulls together in the crunch and knows how to enjoy wholesome living. They invite you to share their fun and celebration of life. This is the fifth book in the "Whispering Brook" series.

Omar and Sally are getting married. Nancy and Dannie decide to move to Timber Lane Cove to help the Taylor family. While cooking and caring for the seven Taylor children, Nancy dreams of her own home someday and writes letters to Andrew in Michigan. Dannie befriends Old Leo who is living in the hunting cabin in Byler's woods and takes his horse Silky for long rides in the woods and meadows. Join Nancy, Dannie, and their whole family as they experience daily adventures, life changes, and their abiding love for each other.