Plain Pursuit (Daughters of the Promise Series #2)by Beth Wiseman(Paperback)
Wiseman’s series of romances set in Pennsylvania Dutch country are a delight to read. She’s done the research and added a touch of the mother tongue to draw the reader even deeper in the life of her Amish characters. Plain Pursuit is the story of forgiveness. What act loses the love of family and community? Murder? Adultery? Writing a best-selling tell-all memoir?
Wiseman explores the determination of a particular old-order Amish district’s attempt to keep the church pure. They can forgive choosing not to join the community; they can forgive vow-breakers who rejoin. But forgiveness goes only so far.
Guilt-ridden, fearful and wounded in body and spirit, Carley Marek is offered a choice by her boss: take a short-term vacation, or take a permanent one. Thinking she’d find peace and quiet, Carley chooses a working vacation with a friend who had joined an Amish community. The peaceful vacation is not to be as Carley is drawn first of all in to the early to bed and even earlier to rise lifestyle of her hosts, but also plunged into an emergency medical situation which forces all of Carley’s fears to the surface.
Can the handsome and pushy Dr. Noah put her fears to rest, even after Carley is asked not to see him? What would a shunned man know of God and forgiveness? I love books that make me a little weepy at the end, like this one. Then I feel the compelling emotion of the characters drawn by the author. Wiseman’s stories are an honest and in-depth read for those who enjoy tales set in religious communities such as the Amish.
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amish fiction, beth wiseman, plain pursuit, thomas nelson publishers
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