Amanda Dienner left the Amish life behind
five years previous. She was really
upset with her sister and her Mother stepped in and told her she should perhaps
take some time away from home. Well that
was in the heat of the moment and Amanda didn’t stay around to see if anything
more was said later. She packed up,
found some friends who were leaving the life and she left. The fight with her twin sister left her feeling
betrayed, she wasn’t going to let that feeling go easily either.
She was working at a flower shop and they had
to let her go as the big flower shops were causing the owners to have money
problems. They couldn’t compete. Just as Mandy was looking for another job she
got a certified letter from her oldest brother.
She has received two letters from her sister but she didn’t read them,
she just wrote return to sender on them.
She wrote her Mom once in a while and let her know how she was
doing. The letter from Jerome told her
that her Mother had passed away suddenly and that she had left the Bed and
Breakfast that she ran after her husband passed away, to her. The catch?
Amanda had to run it for one year before she could sell it.
Mandy has no idea what she is getting herself
into but she returns to the Amish life but doesn’t want to live as an Amish
person and that causes her big problems.
No one will work for her!
I found this book really a great read. Sometimes the Amish books can be too simple
for me but this one went into great detail and had a wonderful story line. Of course, it was a great clean read, with
the Amish church back beliefs built into the story here and there along with
their other ways of doing things. The
book leaves you feeling really good, you put the time in, read the book and
felt great about the end of the story which isn’t the ending you thought you
were going to find early in the beginning.
That’s another thing that made it fun.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys this type of read you
won’t be disappointed.
I did receive this book from Bethany House
Printers in exchange for an honest review.
The above was my review.
Description of the Book as found on Good
Reads:
Having left the Amish life for the English
world, Amanda Dienner is shocked when she learns that her mother has passed and
left her Lancaster
County's most popular Amish bed-and-breakfast. The catch is she has to run it
herself for one year, acting as hostess. Amanda accepts the terms, but coming
home to people she left behind won't be easy.