The Road Home
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As the sun began to rise, Lena Rose leaned against the cool pane of the bus window and gazed out at the familiar landscape of her life. I'm leaving my family and everything I know behind. She sighed, trying to keep her composure.
Grieving the death of her Amish parents and the separation from her nine close-knit siblings, Lena Rose Schwartz consoles herself that her new life in Lancaster County won't be forever. Surely someday soon she will return to her beloved Michigan settlement, including her beau. But even as she holds on to hope for a reunion with those she loves most, she discovers that Lancaster holds charms of its own. Will she find the courage to open her heart to other possibilities?
Grieving the death of her Amish parents and the separation from her nine close-knit siblings, Lena Rose Schwartz consoles herself that her new life in Lancaster County won't be forever. Surely someday soon she will return to her beloved Michigan settlement, including her beau. But even as she holds on to hope for a reunion with those she loves most, she discovers that Lancaster holds charms of its own. Will she find the courage to open her heart to other possibilities?
My Review:
This book is well written as are all of the author's other books. The book centers on Lena the oldest child of a family of nine children. When the parent our killed in an accident it is hard to find families to take in all the children. Lena is sent to live with her father's cousin. While she's there, she works with the wife as a seamstress to earn money. As she waits for an opportunity to return home to live close to her siblings she finds love and dear friendships.
When at last she has a place to stay and work back home she will be leaving special people behind. When she returns home she is happy to be with her brother's and sister's again but wonders what God has for her life.
I received a copy of this book from Bethany House in exchange for my review.
