A Christmas Haven : an Amish Christmas romance

Format:

Book

Title:

A Christmas Haven : an Amish Christmas romance

Author:

Woodsmall, Cindy author

ISBN:

9780525653295

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Colorado Springs : WaterBrook, an imprint of Random House, 2019.

Physical Description:

200 pages ; 22 cm

Summary:

For fans of holiday romances and Amish life comes a new Christmas tale of surprising expectations and discovering miracles. Old Order Amish Ivy Zook is wrestling with her need to shed her community's ways so she can grow the business of her dreams: planning parties. As long as she's stuck living without modernization, she can barely get her business on its feet. But if she leaves too soon, she'd cause trouble for her sister, Holly, who is planning her wedding to Joshua Smucker. All of their plans become twice as complicated when an old car crashes into the storefront of Greene's Pharmacy, carrying a Swartzentruber (ultra-conservative sect) Amish man, Arlan, and his very ill sister.

Subject(s):

Amish -- Fiction.

Christmas -- Fiction.

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ECPA BESTSELLER * For fans of holiday romances and Amish life comes a new Christmas tale of surprising expectations and discovering miracles.

Old Order Amish Ivy Zook is wrestling with her need to shed her community's ways so she can grow the business of her dreams: planning parties. As long as she's stuck living without modernization, she can barely get her business on its feet. But if she leaves too soon, she'd cause trouble for her sister, Holly, who is planning her wedding to Joshua Smucker. All of their plans become twice as complicated when an old car crashes into the storefront of Greene's Pharmacy, carrying a Swartzentruber (ultra-conservative sect) Amish man, Arlan, and his very ill sister.

The Zooks take in Arlan and Madga, tending to the woman's illness and Arlan begins helping around the family farm. Ivy and Arlan are on different tracks, one wanting to leave her community and the other to return to his. But both young people are trying to discover what God has in store for their futures and what miracles might lie around the corner this Christmas season.

Author Notes

Cindy Woodsmall is a best-selling author of Amish fiction. Her first novel, When the Heart Cries, was published in 2006. She writes several series including Amish Vines and Orchards, Ada's House, and Sisters of the Quilt. She also coauthored the nonfiction work Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women with Miriam Flaud.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

The Woodsmalls (The Gift of Christmas Past), a mother- and daughter-in-law, offer an enjoyable romance that examines the differences in conservative sects of the Amish faith. In rural Pennsylvania, Ivy Zook is eager to leave the old order Amish life behind. She and her Englisher friend Tegan run a party planning business and have plans to share an apartment, but Ivy's heartbroken mother convinces her to stay for six months, until after her older sister Holly's wedding and their Christmas celebration. In a concurrent storyline, Arlan Keim is a devout member of the ultra-conservative Swartzentruber Amish. When his parents refuse to get medical care for his ill, pregnant, and unmarried sister, Magda, Arlan disobeys the rules of his family and buys a car to escape with her. However, his plan goes awry when he crashes his car into the pharmacy where Holly works. After getting care for Magda, Holly takes Arlan and Magda home with her and offers to let Magda, who is a couple months pregnant, stay with her until the baby is born. Magda is thrilled, but Arlan fears she will be tempted by Holly's comfortable way of life. Arlan soon finds himself tempted, as well, as he develops a close relationship with Ivy and longs for the close family relationship the Zooks share. The Woodsmalls' lovely Christmas tale, concerned with universal themes of home and family, is a fit for any season. (Sept.)