A Faithful Gathering

Leslie Gould writes multi-generational Amish stories that sometimes have surprising endings. She does her research well and crafts a story that is not only entertaining but also informative.  Her characters have depth and dimension that enhance the settings and make the story all the more entertaining.  In the third novel of the Sisters of Lancaster County series, Leisel Bachmann has left her Amish faith to pursue a degree in nursing.  She was encouraged in her medical curiosity by her father but not by her mother.

Leisel has gone to Pittsburg to nursing school and has adopted too many of the Englisch ways for her mother to be happy.  She also has an Englisch boyfriend who has also attended nursing school with her. 

The night of her graduation, she gets a call from her sister that her other sister is in the hospital with excruciating stomach pains. Leisel packs up what she needs and goes home to see about her sister. 

While she is gone, her boyfriend enlists in the Air Force, much to her many objections.  She breaks up with him and then seeks comfort with her Aenti Suz.  Aenti Suz tells her some of the history of her family in the military service as conscientious objectors and gives her a new perspective on what her boyfriend has done.

This is a five-star book with two thumbs up and a nurse to help you through the storms.

My thanks to Bethany House for allowing me to read and review this book.