A Mother's Love

Charlotte Hubbard writes compelling Amish Fiction that grab the reader and doesn't let go until the very last page.  A Mother's Love is just such a novel.  Rose and Gracie live with Rose's mother, Lydia, who is dying of cancer.  As Lydia grows closer to death, she tells Rose about a box of letters and tells Rose not to do anything about the letters once she reads them.  When Rose does get to read them, she finds out that she's adopted and it tilts her world sideways in the midst of her grief.  Just three years earlier she lost her husband and her father in an accident at the sawmill.

Rose can't get past the fact that she needs to find a job to support herself and her daughter, Gracie.  Her bishop advises her to let the community support her for a while. Her independence won't allow her to sit idle. She posts notices and gets a phone call the same day for an interview.  She gets the job cooking for a Senior Center that puts her right in the path of meeting her birth mother. 

The drama of meeting her mother is one of the biggest ties that hold this book together.  In the midst of this situation, she meets Matthias Wagler, who stands beside her to wade through this conundrum. 

The book not only entertains, it also teaches grace, humility, and forgiveness. 

Five Stars, Two Thumbs Up, and a homecooked meal.

My thanks to Kensington Publishing for allowing me to read and review this book.