Crafts and Life

Winter in Southern Maryland’s Amish country brings brisk winds, crisp snow, and evenings spent nestled by a warm fireside. For one prodigal daughter, it may also bring a new beginning . . .
 
On her baptismal day, Rebecca Zook ran from the church, leaving her stunned Amish community behind.  She only wanted to see something of Gott’s vast world, but city life didn’t turn out as planned. Tricked into a sham marriage, Becky has come home humbled, wiser . . . and pregnant. Her mamm and daed are welcoming, and helping an overburdened young widow gives Becky a new sense of purpose. But after creating such scandal, Becky feels unworthy of a loving husband—let alone a wunderbaar man like Atlee Stauffer.
 
Atlee knows Becky’s situation—and understands why his mother advises him to be careful. Still, this once flighty, flirty girl has become a thoughtful, kind young woman. He’s drawn to Becky like a magnet to a nail. One day, he hopes to build a family with her. But first, he must convince her wary, troubled heart to accept forgiveness and love . . .

This is not my usual fare, but this was the pick for an on-line book club, it was a gentle story, slow moving (and yet in "real tine" not too much time passes at all!) and it showcases forgiveness, family and happiness.

Rebecca "Becky" Zook has shocked her Amish community with her flirting, but that was nothing to the shock she gave them when she left the community, from Church, on her baptism day! Six month later she has come back, hoping for forgiveness and help, the outside world was not what she hoped for and she was tricked into sleeping with Vinny (who then died of a drug overdose, having told her that their "marriage" was a sham), now panicked and pregnant she is home and a lot wiser, she finds a place with a young widow Lena and is gradually brought back into the fold (luckily the Bishop as well as her parents believed her tale and granted forgiveness straight away).  One member of the community wishes that she would look on him as more than a friend, but is her heart too damaged to do that? Only time and patience will tell.