When I received this book I sighed. Why had I agreed to read another Amish book? But A Simple Change by Judith Miller is not about the Amish at all. Instead it is set in 1881 in the Amana Colonies, a Pietist communal settlement in Iowa. Yes, communal as in shared meals, assigned work, shared […]
Reviews: Fiction
Review: Whispers on the Dock by Evangeline Kelley
Fascinating but gentle, full of the everyday concerns of people ranging in age from 8 to 80 and the tension-filled lives of conflicted people from the past, Whispers on the Dock is the most satisfying story I have read in a long time. Sam, Caroline, and Gracie, the three middle-aged sisters who bought Misty Harbor […]
Review: Winter in Full Bloom by Anita Higman
Lily Winter, widowed and lonely now that her daughter Julie has gone off to college, tries to reconnect with her mother who never has wanted her around. As usual, the visit is a disaster, but Lily leaves with an astonishing piece of news: she has an identical twin sister, Camilla, in Australia! So, naturally, Lily […]
Review: Pennsylvania Patchwork by Kate Lloyd
Holly Fisher, happily discovering her newly-found Amish heritage, is engaged to Zach, a busy Mennonite veterinarian. Her mother, Esther, the wife of a Vietnam vet presumed dead, has returned to her Amish roots and is preparing to marry an Amish widower. And, although she forgets most things, Holly’s grandmother Anna is determined that Holly will […]
Review: Sweet Mercy by Ann Tatlock
Tired of living in a gangster town and horrified by criminal activity she has witnessed, Eve Marryat is thrilled to be moving to a more respectable place, a little town called Mercy. Her father has been laid off from the Ford Motor Company, so now Eve and her parents are going to work for her Uncle […]