The Story of an Old Farm: Or Life in New Jersey in the Eighteenth Century (1889)

Away from home for the first time, Xania Ellman found herself remembering the words of her older sister Evane (Eva): aYour first day away from home will feel extremely strange.a This memory is the catalyst as Xania begins to narrate events that forever change the dynamics of their Christian family. At the Ellman house, sex before marriage is a declaration of independence but daddyas girl has found her love in Andrew Cross. Seventeen-year-old headstrong Eva is pregnant and hoping her parents will show Godas mercy and let her stay. Her parents, Xavier and Sienna, do not budge from their ahouse rule.a Evaas commitment to Andrew is tested and she does not realize the fallacy of her judgment until her life is threatened. This journey of enlightenment returns her heart to God.