Name: The Guardian
Price: 10.98 GBP
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Author: Beverly Lewis
ISBN: 9780764209796

Returning readers of ‘Home to Hickory Hollow’ to the idyllic Lancaster County in the Amish Country of Pennsylvania state, Beverley Lewis continues the saga with new characters, new drama, new intrigue and warm new romance.

Mayanna knows what it is to trust in God. Caring for her parents and now raising her children alone after the farming accident that took away her husband, she has neither the time nor reason to search for love.

Then on a long night’s journey, with her children sleepily enduring the bumpy buggy ride home a mother’s worst night mare is realised. On arriving home, Mayanna finds that youngest daughter, Sarah, is missing – fallen from the buggy somewhere on the road and nowhere to be found. Hope, faith and prayer are again her only refuge.

Heartbroken teacher, Jodi Winfield, has come to Lancaster to house-sit. The last thing she expects to find is a dishevelled little girl alone on the side of the road. Yet there have been no reports of a missing child, and, being from the German speaking Amish community, the girl herself cannot speak English. This is a child from nowhere.

Then Jodi knows she must set about finding the girl’s family and returning her home, yet she is becoming increasingly attached to the mysterious girl and is no closer to learning her identity. Then an unexpected opportunity brings Jodi to Hickory Hollow and the secretive world of the Lancaster Old Order Amish.

From the Inside Flap:

The sweet scent of honeysuckle mingled with the oppressing humidity as I made the turn onto Harvest Road. A few more clip-clops of Dandy's hooves on the pavement, and just that quick, the family carriage fell still. The children were sound asleep.

I breathed a grateful prayer, thinking how far my young ones had come since their father's farming accident three years ago. "Children are ever so resilient, Maryanna," Great-Aunt Heddy had whispered today as we stood watching Sarah and her sister and brothers mingle happily with all the other Plain youngsters present. Jah, resilient...more so than their own Mamma, just maybe?

Tender thoughts of Benuel filled my heart anew. Although many expect me to remarry in due time, I can scarcely consider it. At thirty-three, I'm thinking no one will ever replace my dear husband, so why should I receive another man into my life?

From the Back Cover:

Come home to Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania--the beloved setting where Beverly Lewis's celebrated Amish novels began--with new characters and new stories of drama, romance, and the ties that draw people together.

When Jodi Winfield comes to Lancaster to house-sit, the last thing she expects to find is a disheveled little girl alone on the side of the road. The young teacher is mystified when she learns there have been no reports of a missing child, and the girl herself is no help, since she can't speak English. It's as if the child appeared out of nowhere.

Then Jodi turns her attention to Hickory Hollow--and the cloistered world of the Old Order Amish--in search of answers.

About Beverley Lewis:

Beverly Lewis, born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, has more than 17 million books in print. Her stories have been published in 11 languages and have regularly appeared on numerous bestseller lists, including the New York Times and USA Today. Seven of her blockbuster novels have received the Gold Book Award for sales over 500,000, and The Brethren won a 2007 Christy Award for excellence in Christian fiction. Beverly and her husband, David, live in Colorado, where they enjoy hiking, biking, making music, and spending time with their family.

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This book is another first for me in 2 ways—it is the first time I’ve read this author’s work, and the first time I’ve read a story set amongst the Amish community. I enjoyed the story very much and was unsure at the beginning of the book how Lewis was going to stretch out the story of a missing Amish girl called Sarah, throughout the whole book. But then the story changed and I could then see how the plot was going to unfold. The novel follows a non Amish character, Jodi, who is befriended by a local Amish community after she rescues the missing pre-schooler Sarah. Jodi who had fallen out with God over the premature death of her sister is helped by the community to trust God again. Whilst I did like the book, I got a little annoyed by the mixing of languages. English and Deitsch, commonly known as Pennsylvania Dutch. Whilst I have a linguistic background and understand and appreciate how using small words and phrases in the mother tongue of this Amish group could add character to the story, I actually found it irritating. That said it didn’t put me off reading to the end and thankfully it wont stop me reading more of Lewis’ extensive collection.
TGBS
The Good Book Stall
Average rating of0.0
This book is another first for me in 2 waysit is the first time I’ve read this author’s work, and the first time I’ve read a story set amongst the Amish community. I enjoyed the story very much and was unsure at the beginning of the book how Lewis was going to stretch out the story of a missing Amish girl called Sarah, throughout the whole book. But then the story changed and I could then see how the plot was going to unfold. The novel follows a non Amish character, Jodi, who is befriended by a local Amish community after she rescues the missing pre-schooler Sarah. Jodi who had fallen out with God over the premature death of her sister is helped by the community to trust God again. Whilst I did like the book, I got a little annoyed by the mixing of languages. English and Deitsch, commonly known as Pennsylvania Dutch. Whilst I have a linguistic background and understand and appreciate how using small words and phrases in the mother tongue of this Amish group could add character to the story, I actually found it irritating. That said it didn’t put me off reading to the end and thankfully it wont stop me reading more of Lewis’ extensive collection.

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