The Search
January 22nd, 2011. Filed under: This & That.
A touching tale of secrets and young love in the Amish community,
from the series that Romantic Times has called “refreshing.”
Bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher has written extensively about the Amish, releasing both fiction and non-fiction books that have won the hearts of reviewers in both in and out of the Amish community. Now comes The Search, Fisher’s latest fiction novel in the Lancaster County Secrets series.
Fifteen years ago, Lainey O’Toole made a split-second decision. She couldn’t have known that her choice would impact so many. Now in her mid-twenties, she is poised to go to culinary school when her car breaks down in Stoney Ridge, the very Amish town in which her long-reaching decision was made, forcing her to face the shadowed past.
Bess Reihl is less than thrilled to be spending the summer at Rose Hill Farm with her large and intimidating grandmother, Bertha. It quickly becomes clear that she is there to work the farm—and work hard. The labor is made slightly more tolerable by the time it affords Bess to spend with the handsome hired hand, Billy Lapp. But he only has eyes for a flirty and curvaceous older girl.
Lainey’s and Bess’s worlds are about to collide and the secrets that come to light will shock them both.
Beautifully written, The Search is a skillfully woven story that takes readers through unexpected twists and turns on the long country road toward truth. Fans both old and new will find themselves immersed in this heartwarming—and surprising—tale of young love, forgiveness, and coming to grips with the past.
ISLAND BREEZES
You’re going to need a big box of tissues for this one. It’s beautiful and sad – wonderful and heartbreaking.
I just really don’t know what to say. It’s filled with dreams and promises – broken people and renewals.
Be careful with this book. You might as well not start it thinking you’ll read a chapter or two before bed. This book will reach out and grab you. You’re not going to bed until you’ve read it to the end and have collected a pile of soggy tissues.
Plan this book for a day when you have the house to yourself and no one to tend to or feed. Also, no men folk around to become amused while you’re lost in this book someplace between sniffling and down right sobbing.
If you want a book that will grab your heart and not let go, this is it.
***Special thanks to Donna Hausler for providing a review copy.***
Suzanne Woods Fisher is the CBA bestselling author of?The Choice,?The Waiting,?Amish Peace, and?Amish Proverbs. Her interest in the Anabaptist cultures can be directly traced to her grandfather, W. D. Benedict, who was raised in the Old Order German Baptist Brethren Church in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Benedict eventually became publisher of?Christianity Today?magazine. Suzanne is the host of a radio show called Amish Wisdom and her work has appeared in many magazines. She lives in California.
Available January 2011 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
January 30th, 2011 at 00:22
Hi Sunny Island Breezes (wow…that title evokes such a lovely image!)…just wanted to thank you for your wonderful review of “The Search!” It made me smile…to think of you with a big box of Kleenex by your side…and then…your husband interrupting! So glad it was a story that made you feel connected to the characters. I would love to have your review up on Amazon/CBD, if you have time. No obligation! Thanks for being a part of the blog tour. Warmly, Suzanne Fisher
January 30th, 2011 at 08:29
Thanks, Suzanne. I’m glad I made you smile. I will put the reviews on Amazon and CBD later today.
Nancy