I found this story a bit predictable, and yet something kept me turning the pages and gave me the feeling of not wanting to put the book down. There are three major plot threads, as you'll see below.
Grace is on a quest to bring her mother home. She rides with an "Englisher," Heather who is fighting the loss of her own mother as well as receiving recent a diagnosis from the doctor of cancer.
When Grace and Heather arrive to Ohio where they thought Grace's mother, Lettie was, she had already left.
Lettie's on a mission of her own--to find her firstborn daughter that up until this point she has kept a secret from her husband and children.
Grace and Heather return to PA unsuccessful in their mission. Lettie had already left. Discouraged Grace returns home. With her mother away and the Amish community unsettled over the matter, she and her siblings wonder what the future will hold for them since their mother could be "shunned."
Meanwhile, Heather is admitted into a center for alternative medical care while the friendship between her and the Amish community continues to grow.
Since I don't want this review to be a spoiler, I'll leave the "telling" of the tie between these three women up to Ms. Lewis.
This is a fun contempary fiction book that is encouraging, and spiritually uplifting.
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