Phoebe Schwartz tries her best to remain thankful while resigned to living a single life within her Midwest Amish community, surrounded by friends and family, many of whom have large families and seemingly endless babies. Is this all part of God's plan for her? Is this His Will? Is loneliness just another part of her fate? Does she have the faith to believe this simple life is everything and she will find happiness, too?
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