Sarah’s Garden is an ‘Amish’ novel, and I do so enjoy them. This is by a new author who has explored the differences between Amish communities and what can happen if a young girl falls in love with someone outside the community and also what can happen to an Amish family if the head of the house strays into bad ways. Kelly Long has used as her inspiration the Amish people of North Central Pennsylvania and produced a love story with a twist. Sarah is a lovely Amish girl who would rather live quietly working in the house and garden but when her older sister marries she has to take over the running of the family roadside shop where she serves ‘Englischers’ with their alien manners and dress as well as folk of her own kind. One of her customers is the newly arrived Englischer vet who has moved into a vacated Amish farmhouse. The attraction is mutual and so the story starts.…

Sarah’s Garden is an ‘Amish’ novel, and I do so enjoy them. This is by a new author who has explored the differences between Amish communities and what can happen if a young girl falls in love with someone outside the community and also what can happen to an Amish family if the head of the house strays into bad ways. Kelly Long has used as her inspiration the Amish people of North Central Pennsylvania and produced a love story with a twist. Sarah is a lovely Amish girl who would rather live quietly working in the house and garden but when her older sister marries she has to take over the running of the family roadside shop where she serves ‘Englischers’ with their alien manners and dress as well as folk of her own kind. One of her customers is the newly arrived Englischer vet who has moved into a vacated Amish farmhouse. The attraction is mutual and so the story starts.

Sarah’s Garden is an ‘Amish’ novel, and I do so enjoy them. This is by a new author who has explored the differences between Amish communities and what can happen if a young girl falls in love with someone outside the community and also what can happen to an Amish family if the head of the house strays into bad ways. Kelly Long has used as her inspiration the Amish people of North Central Pennsylvania and produced a love story with a twist. Sarah is a lovely Amish girl who would rather live quietly working in the house and garden but when her older sister marries she has to take over the running of the family roadside shop where she serves ‘Englischers’ with their alien manners and dress as well as folk of her own kind. One of her customers is the newly arrived Englischer vet who has moved into a vacated Amish farmhouse. The attraction is mutual and so the story starts.