Yellow Roses — Mary Margaret Carter

Anna Katherine Rospert is five years old when Papa makes a decision that changes her life. Johan Rospert, a farmer in Ohio at the turn of the twentieth century, sends a letter to Germany seeking a fourth wife. The arrival of Rosalie Schlosser and her brother, Wilhelm, begins as a blessing and ends as a tragedy. Yellow Roses is a novel about rural mid-westerners where faith, family and pride in their work are important values. When a young girl's innocence is shattered, the Rospert family finds their faith tested. Though tempted to hide from the world, Katherine's decision to place an ad for a mail order husband is a unique effort to take charge of her life. She is a sweet, trusting strong-spirited character whose memory will linger long after the book is finished.