This is the second book in a 6 part series/serial. All 6 of the books were on a library sale rack. We're kind of in the odd position of knowing both parts of the story as the reader while the characters in the story do not know things that we know.

I know some readers are loving the serial novel idea and others dislike it. I kind of feel like this book had nothing happen in its 126 pages. Especially for the $6.99 original price! One character spends the entire book in a coma (with only one brief excursion into his thoughts.) It feels like Meredith spends part of the book bemoaning being left at home alone and the other part mourning. ( )

I think it would have been better if these 6 books had been combined into one longer book. As soon as I figured out what would be happening in this book, I just couldn't do it. If it had been one book, I feel like I could have pushed through it, just to know the ending, but the thought of having to wait to read through the next several books was just exhausting. ( )

The Silence of Winter is the second part of the serial The Discovery and it involves mistaken identity, a seriously injured young man, and a wife who thinks that her husband has died. Meredith Stoltzfus is anxiously waiting for her husband Luke to return home to Lancaster County after a short stay with his uncle in Indiana so that she can tell him that they are going to have their first baby. The news that Luke was involved in a fiery bus crash leaves Meredith devastated and fearful that her intense grief may jeopardize the life of her unborn baby.

Wanda E. Brunstetter has once again written a story filled with hope and faith and the values that we associate with Amish living. Several other characters are introduced and since this is part two of a six-part serial, there are many questions left to be answered. Brunstetter's knowledge of the Amish is very evident in this book and I recommend it all who enjoy reading about the Amish religion. I look forward to reading The Hope of Spring, the next book in this series. ( )

This is book 2 in this 6 book series. All the stories are very quick reads and they all pick right up where the other one leaves off. Would be very hard to read these stories out of order; you would loose the whole plot.

In this story Meredith waits for Luke's phone call that he has arrived safely in Indiana and all is well. What she ends up with though is news that will "tear her heart to shreds". How can she go on after learning of her husband's death in a tragic bus accident? The hope of her baby growing inside of her keeps her pushing forward. What she doesn't know though is that because of unusual circumstances. her husband was never on that bus, but in a hospital in a coma, with no identity papers on him. How will this turn out? You have to keep reading the next story to discover this. ( )

Meredith Stoltzfus doesn't hear from her husband Luke who has traveled to Indiana for a new career opportunity. Instead she receives sad news.