Thursday, September 21, 2017

The Proving by Beverly Lewis - I really enjoyed the book about the Amish People - I gave it five stars!

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.