OUT TODAY: Through the Valley had me experiencing all the highs and lows right there with Miri and Tabitha. I had to be careful not to bend the cover from the angst I was experiencing.
If you have read the two books (Green Pastures and Still Waters) previously you will remember Tabitha is the local veterinarian who was Amish, went English, and back to Amish when she divorced her English husband. Due to Amish belief she can’t remarry until her ex dies but that doesn’t stop her from developing a friendship with Jonas. It’s all fine and dandy until they both realize they want more. There is a scene in the last part between these two that rivals any other swoony love scene (rated G) in the melting of hearts.
Miri has always been the tomboy and her love for farming is not a normal experience in the Amish world. Women are to work inside the home and do womanly things. Miri can’t cook nor sew and neither does she want to do those things. She wants to be outside working the cattle from sunup to sundown. She is gifted a farm but this gift has torn the community apart. Half of the community thinks she bamboozled an elderly man in his last days. Unfortunately the family of the older man is also torn. All but Moses thinks Miri swindled his grandpa. As Miri and Moses work the farm together feelings develop. Will the farm get in the way of God’s plan for these two?
This book can be read as a standalone but you will get more out of the series reading it in order.
I received a complimentary copy from the author with no requirement to write a positive review. The above review is in my own words.
This book paired very nicely with my brother’s homemade peach cobbler.
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