The Road Home

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Pub Date 03 Apr 2018 | Archive Date 03 May 2018
Bethany House | Bethany House Publishers

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Sent from Michigan to Pennsylvania following the tragic death of her Amish parents, Lena Rose Schwartz grieves her loss and the separation from her nine siblings. Beside the fact that Lena has never been so far from home, she hasn't met the family she will now be living with. But worse than that is having to live apart from her close-knit brothers and sisters. How will they manage without her to care for them--especially six-year-old Chris? And will her new beau, Hans Bontrager, continue to court her despite the many miles between them?

Yet even as Lena Rose holds on to hope for a reunion with those she loves most, she discovers that Lancaster holds charms of its own. Is she willing to open her heart to new possibilities?

Sent from Michigan to Pennsylvania following the tragic death of her Amish parents, Lena Rose Schwartz grieves her loss and the separation from her nine siblings. Beside the fact that Lena has never...


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ISBN 9780764219672
PRICE $17.00 (USD)
PAGES 336

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Beverly Lewis is a favorite author of mine. In “The Road Home”, Ms. Lewis tells the tragic tale of the Schwartz family, who live in Michigan. They are an Amish family with ten children. Lena Rose is the oldest and has been a great help to her mother and a loving caretaker of her younger siblings. She has a beau in her community and is looking forward to a life with him. Then tragedy strikes when the Schwartz parents are killed in an accident. Lena Rose wants to keep them together, but the Amish bishops and common sense tell her that she cannot provide a living for all of them. They decide to place the children with other families in their Amish community, but Lena Rose is sent to distant cousins in Pennsylvania.

At first Lena Rose is inconsolable at losing her closeness with her many siblings. However, her new family is very loving and cares for her as their own daughter. Soon, she begins to fit in with that community and is even becoming enamored by a young man. She denies this to herself because she believes that she is committed to Hans back in Michigan. Finding out that he is courting another young woman back home gives her the freedom to move on with her life.

Her community in Michigan keeps trying to find her a job so that she can move back with her sisters and brothers and they finally succeed. She longs to go home, but what about Arden, her suitor from Pennsylvania? Maybe all will work out in the end.

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2.5 Rating

Beverly Lewis is an award winning author of Amish fiction and I have been eager to read from her extensive collection. I was thankful to have been given the opportunity to read and review her latest release and began with very high expectations.
I enjoyed learning about the Amish culture in the two different communities; Lena Rose’s hometown of Centerville, Michigan and her adoptive home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The comparisons of the different traditions in these two Old Order communities were surprising to me. Including how the women wore their hair and the style of buggies used. The setting and culture depicted in this story, was by far my favourite part.
Although The Road Home was an endearing story, it didn’t draw me in or captivate me like the other books I’ve read from this genre. The style of Beverly Lewis’s writing was much more stern than I anticipated, so I expected the story to take a more serious or tragic route than it did. Instead I found it to be slightly boring and drawn out.
Unfortunately The Road Home wasn’t for me, however I am interested in giving this author another try. I hope that I will enjoy the next novel more.

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Typical book of Beverly Lewis, you start to read and can't stop. I love the book. When you read this book you end up in the Amish country and can feel the pain and joy of the caracters of the people in this book.

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