Pennsylvania Patchwork

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Many adventures are to be had in Amish country, old feelings to be healed that have festered for long years. This is a book of forgiveness, second chances and hope of good things to come in life. It was a happy and engaging book. I really enjoyed Kate's first and second books and I look forward to reading book 3!

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Pennsylvania Patchwork by Kate Lloyd is a very enjoyable Amish story that is just a little different than most Amish fiction. Holly Fisher and her mother Esther have lived in Seattle all of Holly’s life and she just learned that her grandmother Anna is still alive and living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. As a teenager, Esther and Samuel, her future husband, left the Amish way of life and hitch hiked across the country to California. Samuel went to Vietnam and Esther moved to Seattle with friends when Holly was born. All her life, Holly has longed for a large family but was told that her relatives were dead. Finally Esther and Holly decide to go back to Lancaster for a visit and Holly is drawn into the Amish way of life and the slower pace of living. Soon she meets Zach the local veterinarian and sparks fly between the two and before long Zach asks Holly to marry him. In the meantime, a handsome Amish man enters Holly’s life and her friend from Seattle comes for a visit. She went from having no man in her life to having three men competing for her attention. Kate Lloyd did an excellent job with the development of the characters for they were all so real that it seemed as if I knew them personally. The dialogue was very well done and I especially liked that Deutsch words were sprinkled throughout the book for they added authenticity to the story. At times I felt sad due to all the things happening to Holly, Esther, and Anna and at other times I simply wanted to shake them until their teeth rattled. Scenery descriptions were so realistic that in my imagination I could see the farms with all the building and animals and could even detect all the smells of the kitchen and even the barns. All the interactions between all the characters made for a wonderful story that left me feeling great when I had finished the book. One part of the ending was a complete surprise and definitely not expected. There were many ups and down throughout the book but there was a happy ending. I recommend this book to everyone who enjoys a well written Amish story. I do think that you might enjoy this book more if you read Leaving Lancaster first for this one is a continuation of Holly’s story, however, it is not necessary to read the first book to enjoy the second. I received a complimentary copy of this book from David C. Cook at Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.