An Amish Homecoming is another great
collection of Amish stories by some of the best authors. Each story stands
on its own, but they all share the theme of someone having suffered some sort
of difficulty and finding themselves needing to go back home for comfort,
strength, and/or a fresh start.
This set of
novellas, like so many others, gives several benefits to readers. For some, it
is a chance to try out a new author before deciding to invest in full-length novels.
For established fans of Amish fiction, some of the stories provide a chance to
revisit characters from other series by the authors. And for any reader, the
shorter length provides a bite-sized reading opportunity, each of which can
often be finished in one sitting.
I highly
recommend An Amish Homecoming to fans of good Amish
fiction.
Thanks to
BookLook Bloggers for providing a copy of the book. I am happy to provide my
own thoughts in this review.
About the Book:
Four brand new Amish
stories of coming home.
No Place Like Home by Amy Clipston
Estranged daughter Eva
Dienner has been staying with her in-laws, the Riehls, since her husband was
killed in a fire, but now she wants her son to meet his maternal grandparents.
Upon her return, Eva finds that the man her parents always intended for her is
living in their daadihaus and running the dairy farm for them for free, despite
her suspicions of him taking advantage of her family. Eva knows she should put
the past behind her, but is she ready to move into the future?
When Love Returns by Beth Wiseman
Hurricane Harvey forces
Sarah Zook to return to the home she fled six years ago when she couldn’t face
her stern parents’ reaction to her unplanned pregnancy. Upon her return, Abram
King can think of nothing but the pain she caused him—until he meets Sarah’s
daughter and realizes that he never really stopped loving Sarah. Sarah and
Abram must find a way to face the truth of their past so they can rekindle
their first love.
The Courage to Love by Shelley Shepard
Gray
After the death of her
Englisch husband, Irene Keim seeks a fresh start by staying with her new
friends Mary Ruth and Henry Wengerd in exchange for helping them around the
house. But when Mary Ruth and Henry’s son Marcus comes around, he isn’t pleased
with the woman they’ve taken in and is determined to push her out.
Misunderstandings abound, but both Irene and Marcus learn that people aren’t
always what they seem.
What Love Built by Kathleen Fuller
Independent and
headstrong, Carolyn is determined to forge ahead with the opening of her
bakery, a lifelong dream, in the Birch Creek home she left ten years ago. But
she’s in over her head and needs help with the cleaning, shopping, and
deliveries. Carpenter Atlee Shetler is visiting Birch Creek to escape the
memories of his late wife. He takes a job renovating the new bakery and finds
the project—and its owner—to be much more than he bargained for. Both Carolyn
and Atlee must face pains of the past if they want to have the bright future
God has planned for them.
