Saturday, May 12, 2018

An Amish Heirloom by Clipston, Wiseman, Fuller and Irvin

An Amish Heirloom by Clipston, Wiseman, Fuller and Irvin is four stories in one novel.  Imagine getting 4 for the price of just 1 novel.  The first one, A Legacy of Love is from the Amish Homestead series by Amy Clipston.  This story continues the story of the King and Dienner families and their association with volunteer fire department.  Leon finds himself yearning for a family of his own.  He also finds himself looking more often at his old flame, Susie Bontrager, who just happens to be planning her upcoming wedding to Josh.  They had broken up but remained "just friends".  Susie seems to possibly be more than just interested in Leon as more than just a carpenter who can repair the old rocking chairs for her new home.  She is beginning to wonder if it is too close to her wedding to call it off because she is afraid that she is not truly in love with her fiancé.

In the next story, The Cedar Chest by Beth Wiseman, Emma Fisher and her daughter Catherine are working in the basement looking for items for the church auction.  Emma knows that Catherine is bothered by something but she just won't talk about it.  While looking for items to sell Emma becomes sidetracked by on old cedar chest belonging to her great-great grandmother with a key broken off in the lock.  Catherine and Emma set to finally breaking the lock to see inside and find what old treasures have lain hidden in the chest for so many years.  They find the usual family heirlooms and a stack of old letters tied with a blue ribbon along with a wedding band (Amish don't wear rings). Finally after much discussion Catherine convinces Emma to allow the reading of the letters and so they are mentally transported back to her great great grandparent's courtship time.  As they read these letters Catherine is reminded what she needs to do for her own happiness and her husband's happiness in their marriage.

The next story, The Treasured Book by Kathleen Fuller continues the story of Shane Broyles.  She had lived a short time among the Amish as he refurbished a farm house and then sold it.  He found himself drawn to the lifestyle of the Amish and now was considering joining them as a member.  Shane finds himself also drawn to Lucy who is Amish but he knows that she is not the main reason he wants to become Amish.  He had become friends with Lucy when her dad and she  had helped him with the farm restoration and future sale.  Lucy is drawn to him but she knows that she has found him to be off limits since he is not Amish but also engaged to Jordan.  This story continues their story and the reader learns how they decide their situation. 

The last story is The Midwife's Dream by Kelly Irvin.  Iris Beachy is the community lay midwife.  She has delivered many of the children in her area but none so interesting as the teenaged unmarried and pregnant couple that she stumbles on while returning home from a delivery.  The couple are accepted into the Beachy home for their delivery on their way to Texas.  The next day Iris is shocked to find that the parents have left in the middle of the night leaving their baby with a little bag of baby clothes and formula.  Iris doesn't know what to do.  Her father went to meet with Freeman the community's bishop to decide what to do about the baby.  But Iris knew what she wanted to do--she wanted to keep her and raise her as her own.  Would they allow it?  Would the parents come back for the baby as they promised in the letter the mother left with the baby?

Read these little stories for simple well written Amish stories.  I am sure that you will love them as I do. This book was provided by BookLook for this review.

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