The Calling: Amish fiction book review

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    Bethany Schrock's love life has derailed, her faith hangs by a thread, and she is spending hot summer days wading through a lifetime of accumulation at the home of five elderly Amish sisters. She's not sure what she wants out of life, but she knows that she's not finding it in Stoney Ridge.

    Then a new guest at the Inn at Eagle Hill ropes her into volunteering in a community project for down-and-outers. Reluctant at first, Bethany starts to feel a bit of joy and satisfaction again. But not so much that Jimmy Fisher, adorable and impossible, can woo her affections with his winks and tricks. Well, maybe a little.

    When a figure from her past reenters her life, Bethany must decide: What does the past mean to her future?

    Bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher delivers her trademark twists, turns, and tender romance in this delightful and exciting visit to the quiet community of Stoney Ridge:  The Calling.

About the author, Suzanne Woods Fisher:

    Suzanne Woods Fisher is a bestselling author of Amish fiction and non-fiction, and a columnist for Christian Post and Cooking & Such magazine. The Waiting was a finalist for a 2011 Christy Award. The Choice and The Search have been finalists for Carol Awards. Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World and Amish Proverbs: Words of Wisdom from the Simple Life were both finalists for the ECPA Book of the Year (2010, 2011).

    Her interest in the Amish began with her grandfather, who was raised Plain in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She travels back east a couple of times each year for research. For fun, too.

     Suzanne has a great admiration for the Plain people and believes they provide wonderful examples to the world. She has an underlying belief in her books–you don’t have to “go Amish” to incorporate many of their principles into your life: simplicity, living with less, appreciating nature, forgiving others more readily, trusting in God.

Joy In Our Journey's review ~ by Jan:

    In the current Christian Fiction market, there seems to be at least one new Amish novel every day.  However, they all seem to follow the same outline.  The things that the Amish cannot do, say or be.  The problem with this is that it has already been said, done, or been.  That said, it was with that anticipation when I opened the new novel The Calling, by Suzanne Woods Fisher that here was just another Amish book.  I was wrong!  It was great!  She has taken the Amish and brought them into the 21st century with her newest book.  She has lost none of the uniqueness that is the earmark of this group of people, but instead has used the culture and strong family ties to make this book a joy to read.

     Bethany is living under the difficult stigma of a mother who abandoned her family.  Not only that, but her father’s business has failed and he has died and all because of the man she thought was ‘The One’ was dishonest.  Her step-mother’s inn has attracted a lady reverend who is recuperating after being fired from yet another church because she is a woman and she just cannot preach.  Her younger sister has taken a job as an advice columnist for the newspaper and she is only 14.  Can life get any more complicated?

     It can because she has now undertaken the job of cleaning out the home of five sisters, who have not thrown out anything for at least the last 60 years.  What a mess that is!  She finds a trunk with not only one skull, but two!

     Have I awakened your interest to the second book in Ms. Fisher’s new series The Inn at Eagle Hill, The Calling?  I hope so because it is really a delightful, interesting book.

     Oh, did I mention the Community Garden and the Soup Kitchen?  They are there also, as is a really interesting young man named Jimmy.  'Nuf said, excellent book for an interesting read; I think that you will agree.

    I received a copy of this book for review, but was not compensated financially in any way. The opinions expressed are those of Joy In Our Journey.com and are based solely on experiences while reading these books.

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