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Review of “The Amish Newcomer” by Patrice Lewis

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Love Inspired takes you on an uplifting journey of faith, forgiveness and hope. Fall in love with stories where faith helps guide you through life’s challenges, and discover the promise of a new beginning.

For fans of the movie For Richer or Poorer (Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley), a television journalist finders herself in trouble and finds sanctuary among the Amish in witness protection.  

Can an modern city girl ever become one of the Plain People?

She needed a safe place to hide. Instead, she found a place to call home.

Television journalist Leah Porte never imagined her career would end with her witnessing a murder. Now she’s temporarily living among the Amish in witness protection. Instead of feeling alone and adrift, Leah is warmly welcomed by the close-knit community—and Amish bachelor Isaac Sommer. But caught between two very different worlds, choosing love would mean leaving her modern life behind forever.

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My Review:

I loved the unusual storyline of this book.  I also thought the author did a good job with the pacing of the story as Leah finds her place as an Englisher living in an Amish community. The author also did an excellent job of showing the reader how the everyday routine and work of an Amish household appeared to a young lady whose whole world has revolved around city living and technology, rather than country farm living.  I liked that Leah was always respectful of the Amish and determined to fit into the community as best she could.  But the most touching part of the book or me was Leah’s journey of coming to faith in God and His provision in her life. This is the first book I’ve read by this author, and I’ll be  looking forward to her next book.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher.  All opinions are my own.

About the author: Living on a remote self-sufficient homestead in North Idaho, Patrice Lewis is a Christian wife, mother, author, blogger, columnist and speaker. She has practiced and written about rural subjects for almost thirty years. When she isn’t writing, Patrice enjoys self-sufficiency projects, such as animal husbandry, small-scale dairy production, gardening, food preservation and canning, and homeschooling. She and her husband have been married since 1990 and have two daughters.