num_pages: 400
description: Raised in an Old Order Mennonite community Rachel Stoltzfus is a strong-willed single woman content living apart from mainstream society until whispers stir the moment her belly swells with new life. Refusing to repent and name the partner in her sin Rachel feels the wrath of the religious sect as she is shunned by those she loves most. She is eventually coerced into leaving by her brother-in-law the bishop.But secrets run deep in this cloistered community and the bishop is hiding some of his own threatening his conscience and his very soul. When the life of Rachels baby is at stake however choices must be made that will bring the darkness to light forever changing the lives of those who call Copper Creek home.
language: English
title: The Outcast: A Modern Retelling of The Scarlet Letter
publisher: Tyndale House Publishers