The Harvest of Grace: Book 3 in the Ada's House Amish Romance Series By Cindy Woodsmall
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: WaterBrook Press (August 9, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400073987
ISBN-13: 978-1400073986
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Product Description
Reeling from an unexpected betrayal, can Sylvia find relief from the echoes of her past…or will they shape her future forever?
Although Sylvia Fisher recognizes that most Old Order Amish women her age spend their hours managing a household and raising babies, she has just one focus—tending and nurturing the herd on her family’s dairy farm. But when a dangerous connection with an old beau forces her to move far from home, she decides to concentrate on a new start and pour her energy into reviving another family’s debt-ridden farm.
After months in rehab, Aaron Blank returns home to sell his Daed’s failing farm and move his parents into an easier lifestyle. Two things stand in his way: the father who stubbornly refuses to recognize that Aaron has changed and the determined new farmhand his parents love like a daughter. Her influence on Aaron’s parents could ruin his plans to escape the burdens of farming and build a new life.
Can Aaron and Sylvia find common ground? Or will their unflinching efforts toward opposite goals blur the bigger picture— a path to forgiveness, glimpses of grace, and the promise of love.
Synopsis:
Reeling from an unexpected betrayal, can Sylvia find relief from the echoes of her past…or will they shape her future forever? Although Sylvia Fisher recognizes that most Old Order Amish women her age spend their hours managing a household and raising babies, she has just one focus-tending and nurturing the herd on her family"s dairy farm. But when a dangerous connection with an old beau forces her to move far from home, she decides to concentrate on a new start and pour her energy into reviving another family"s debt-ridden farm. After months in rehab, Aaron Blank returns home to sell his Daed"s failing farm and move his parents into an easier lifestyle. Two things stand in his way: the father who stubbornly refuses to recognize that Aaron has changed and the determined new farmhand his parents love like a daughter. Her influence on Aaron"s parents could ruin his plans to escape the burdens of farming and build a new life. Can Aaron and Sylvia find common ground? Or will their unflinching efforts toward opposite goals blur the bigger picture- a path to forgiveness, glimpses of grace, and the promise of love. From the Trade Paperback edition.
REVIEW
I read A Harvest of Grace: An Ada's House Novel by Cindy Woodsmall in an afternoon and an evening. I usually devour fiction, but I still need to like the story and have an invested interest in the characters. This book had both. At a time in my life when I've been battling unforgiveness toward myself and others and also desiring to be given grace and to be able to give grace freely, this book was timely. I identified with and was challenged by the strengths and weaknesses, struggles and victories interwoven through the characters' lives in this small Amish community.
Even though I jumped into the third book of the series, it didn't hinder my reading. A brief summary is presented at the beginning and a character reference guide is given as an appendix. Although I don't mind plot spoilage as much as most people, I would recommend reading books one and two in the Ada's House Novel series: Hope of Refuge and The Bridge of Peace. I plan to read them even though I've already read the third book.
As I finished this book, the thought that settled over me was that everyone could use a little more grace and free-flowing forgiveness. Thankfully, we serve a God who is able, willing, and ready to shower us with both and use us to pour it out to those around us.
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