Sarah Jenkins was an historical woman who became Lead Eldress in the Ministry at Pleasant Hill Shaker Village. Born into a South Carolina presbyterian family, she and her family moved to the frontier of Indiana when she was a young woman. In 1808 Shaker missionaries visited that area and convinced her and others in the Jenkins and Gill families to join that religious movement. Sarah's story is told through her inner world and the exterior Shaker establishment taking place around her as she moved from West Union in Indiana, to Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Within the book's 428 pages, Shaker...