The Amish Cookie Club

A group of four Amish women get together every other Friday to make cookies for the children who come to church the following Sunday.  They discuss their children, their other projects, the fundraising fair for the Amish Aid, and anything else that happens to come to mind.  Edna has the best kitchen for cookie making, so the ladies meet at Edna's house.  The ladies resist calling their gathering The Amish Cookie Club, but they just can't escape the moniker.

Verna has a daughter Myrna who has been fired from every store in her community because of vocalized opinions. The girls are trying to figure out what to do about Myrna when one hears of a widower/farmer living nearby.  He has four children, one still an infant.  He needs someone to cook and clean for him as well as watch the children. Myrna takes the job and has the time of her life organizing things in his home, cleaning up what seems like months of dirt accumulation, making cookies with and playing with the children.  This is the job that settles Myrna down.

Instead of a story about one person or couple, Sarah Price made this a story about a community with the single person as an underlying story, but it adds to the richness of the narrative.  This is a five star book, two thumbs up, and a sugar cookie to eat while you read.

Zebra Publishing and NetGalley.com provided the galley I read.  This review is entirely my own thoughts and opinions.