A Time for Peace (Quilts of Lancaster County, Book 3)

A Time of Peace
Barbara Cameron

This was a story that is third in a series. A unique concept in the fact that seldom do people convert to the Anabaptist faith. The author does a credible job of making it work with all the things a person in the modern world would fail at. Especially defending a loved one. While reading I found the story to be big on relationships. It seemed at times that the reality of Amish life was missing: preaching, church authority (hard to believe that outside converts would not be watched closely for help and continuing to assure the brethren that they were following the Ordung and those raised in the Anabaptist faith are know to have -cousins. I understand that these were not the focus of the story. I remember Barbara Cameron from my teenage years and the moving stories she wrote, I learned from the start that books can be very real with endings that are not simplistic. I found the overall story to be enjoyable and always a reminder that the only things important in life are faith and family. I am thankful to NetGalley for this opportunity to read and review this book. ( )

Spoilers. OK. They are getting dull. I don't know that the characters make sense as Amish people. They seem to bend the rules a lot. Also, the plot didn't really make sense -- there wasn't enough discussion between the different characters about the "big revelation". Also, it is so predictable for her to be pregnant but why didn't she know? She must have missed at least one period.

In "A Time For Peace", the third book in the Quilts of Lancaster County, we find issues that make us say, "Wow, even the Amish have the same trials we have". It seems that each book in this series was better than the one before it. I really enjoyed this one. I guess because I could sympathize with Jenny and the secrets she learns. This book looks at the "what-ifs and deals with how those "what-ifs" are handled.

In previous books Jenny finds herself at her Amish grandmother's house after an injury that almost killed her. She meets up with someone that she had strong connections with in the past. Someone she loved very much before her life took a different turn. She and Matthew, who had lost his wife and was left with three kids, reconnected and God led them together to form a family.

Then in the third book Jenny's grandmother becomes ill and Jenny brings her into their home, to stay in the Dawdi house so that she can look after her. While removing things from her grandmother's house she discovers some things that hurt her deeply. She learns of secrets that had been kept from her for years. These secrets had she had knowledge of them earlier in life may have changed the course of her life. Now she questions where God was in all of this and must once again look long and hard at those she loves. She must once again lean on God to help her forgive those who hurt her.

It is so hard not to give away things that would spoil the book when you have a book as good as this one. Barbara is one of my favorite Amish authors so it makes it difficult not to want to shout all the good stuff to the world. this is a definite must read.

I have been given a book for a giveaway. To enter please leave a comment and your email address. I will use Random.org to choose a winner on Wednesday morning. ( )