Amish Reunion

There are times you need to sit down with a book that requires no hard thought while you read it.  You want to feel as if you are among old friends.  An Amish Reunion brings you four stories about couples reconnecting after some time has passed.

Marlene moved with her family away from Bird-in-Hand to Shipshewana after her maam died.  After ten years, her father lost his job and moved the family back to Bird-in-Hand.  Marlene is on her way to the market when she sees a "help wanted" sign in the window of the hardware store.  Inside the store, she reconnects with Rudy, first by asking to take on the job that's open.

Ruth and Gideon have suffered one of the most devastating losses a couple can.  Neither of them handled their grief well and each moves to a different part of the country. After five years, they come back and wonder if there is something more to find than the few possessions left in their house when they ran.

Cevilla has been the town matchmaker for a long time. Now an old flame has shown up on her doorstep just to reconnect. It's a mystery how this reconnection will turn out.

Hannah is single, living with her grandparents, and raising her 21-month daughter, working at the cafe to support them all. She has lived through the shunning, but still lives with the whispers and gossip.  She has a man interested in her, but one day, while she's at work, the source of all her trouble walks in.

All four of these stories have the comfort of revived relationships and the company of old friends. The authors of this olio of stories are the best of the best in Amish Fiction.  Five Stars, Two Thumbs Up, and Kaffi and kichlin to go with an afternoon visit.

My thanks to Zondervan and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book.