"The Harvest of Grace"
Cindy Woodsmall
This is the first book I had ever read by this author and one of the very few Amish fiction books I have read. I live in a rural community where a good percentage of the population is Amish so I have a good background with that. My personal experiences didn't make this book any easier to follow though. The book starts out with one of the many main characters, Sylvia at her home in Pennsylvania. A betrayal by people she loves causes her to flee her home in search of work on a farm about a 1/2 hour away. In the next few chapters, many years are skipped and many new characters are introduced. I found all of this incredibly hard to follow. I finally figured out who most of the characters were by the end of the book, but this didn't make the book and enjoyable read. It is a long book with many unimportant details. The 330 page book probably could have been more effective in about 200 pages. Nevertheless, the ending of the book was good, albeit predictable. I am not a huge fan of Amish fiction so I wouldn't recommend this book. If you are a reader who enjoys Amish fiction that is mostly sappy romance you will probably enjoy this book.
I recieved this book for free from Waterbrook Multnomah publishing in exchange for my honest review.
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