Title: The Photograph
Author: Beverly Lewis
Pages: 320
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Genre: Amish
Publisher: Bethany House
Format: Paperback (also available in eBook)
Note: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher
in exchange for my honest opinion.
About the book:
He studied the
picture more closely, finding it curious that the young woman looked so boldly
into the camera while wearing a white prayer Kapp shaped like a heart – the characteristic head covering for the
Lancaster County Old Order Amish.
Why would a devout girl have her picture
taken?
When her sister
Lily disappears only months after their widowed mother’s passing, Eva Esch
fears she has been wooed away from the People. Yet Lily’s disappearance isn’t
Eva’s only concern: She and her sisters must relocate once their older brother
takes over the family farmhouse. Then Jed Stutzman, an Amish buggy maker from
Ohio, shows up in Eden Valley with a photo of a Plain young woman. Eva feels
powerfully drawn to the charming stranger – but the woman in the forbidden
photograph is no stranger at all . . .
My review:
An incredible
Amish novel filled with heartache.
After Lily Esch
disappears everyone connected with the family is heartbroken. I really loved
the sensitive way that this subject was dealt with. She is considered an adult and
she left a goodbye note for her sister Eva. Therefore the biggest concern is
determining how far to go in trying to find her. When should they give up and let
her live her life? How much should be done to try and bring her back into the
fold of the Amish believers?
In the midst of
this, Eva and Jed Stutzman meet. Is their meeting God’s direction for their
lives? How will they know?
They are both
dealing with grief. There is an amazing amount of sound advice given and
received about this difficult issue as well. It is something that we will all
have to face at some point in our lives and I really felt that the information
about how to help others going through it was fantastic.
The characters
are so well written that I connected with them almost immediately. There were a
number of sweet gentle people that were easy to love. There were also a few that
were overbearing and difficult. It was wonderful to read about how the
different personalities interacted with each other.
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