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Their hidden past brings questions about their future . . . together.
Unsure of her future within the Amish community, Beth Peachy arrives in Lancaster County for the summer to care for her ailing grandmother. Yet with dementia threatening to steal away Mammi's memories, Beth's visit quickly evolves into an urgent search for answers to questions that her relatives seem determined to avoid. How can Beth possibly make a lifelong vow to the Amish church when her own family is concealing so much of the past from her?
Beth's childhood friend Danny Lapp faces his own dilemma as his ex-Amish older brother turns his back on their family upbringing, dishonoring his Plain heritage. Struggling to find some sort of connection with his brother despite their deep difference of opinion, Danny is determined to find a solution before church leadership becomes involved. As Beth and Danny reconnect and seek to help each other in their search for answers, they find themselves stirring up not only surprising revelations about the past, but questions about a possible future--together.
"A tender journey that explores friendship, second chances, and finding unexpected love."--AMY CLIPSTON, bestselling author of The Heart's Shelter
Book clubs and fans of Beverly Lewis, Suzanne Woods Fisher, and Wanda E. Brunstetter will love this can't-put-down mix of romance, family secrets, and touching faith in an Old Order Amish community.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A quiet town is shaken by buried family secrets and clashes with Englisch culture in the engrossing latest installment in the Amish of Shepherd's Hill series from Johns (after Green Pastures). Twenty-one-year-old Beth Peachy has returned to the small Pennsylvania Amish community to help prepare her grandmother's house for sale. While there, Beth hopes to dredge up more information about her recently deceased father, whose childhood has always been a tightly guarded secret. Her grandmother wants to clear her conscience before she dies, but her dementia makes Beth's pursuit of answers challenging. As Beth discovers clues about her father's childhood in her research on the town and its mysterious lake, which her grandmother keeps warning her to avoid, she chafes against the restrictions of Amish life. Still, her growing feelings for local shopkeeper Danny Lapp push her to rethink what she's willing to sacrifice for love. Beth's quest to uncover her father's roots propels the narrative forward and provides its emotional core, while threads from the previous books (veterinarian Tabitha Schrock's efforts to fit in, Danny's brother's Zach quibbles with the Amish faith) will keep series fans turning pages. The result is a charming and captivating glimpse at small-town Amish life.
