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BOOK REVIEW: Waiting For Summer
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by:Barbara Warren Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: Waiting For Summer’s Return Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer Publisher: Bethany House ISBN 0-7642-0182-4 Genre: Inspirational/Historical/Romance Summer Steadman watched her husband and her children die, one by one, from typhoid. Now she has nothing left. Even her wagon and possessions were burned to stop the spread of the disease. Summer and Rodney, her husband, were bound for Oklahoma to claim land, but she has no reason to go there now. Her husband’s parents had disowned him. Her family doesn’t want her. Summer has no place to go. She’d like to stay here, close to her children’s grave, but this close-knit Amish community doesn’t want her either. Peter Ollengburger’s son, Thomas, broke his ribs and is getting behind in his schoolwork. Peter hears that the Steadman woman speaks like an educated woman, so he hires her to teach his son. Although Summer sleeps in a shed instead of in the house, people gossip. Summer is so grief stricken she doesn’t care if she lives or dies, but Thomas steals his way into her heart. Gradually she begins to enjoy life again, but will the townspeople ever accept her? Can Summer forget her anger at God? Although she is attracted to Peter, they each have problems in their past to overcome before they can learn to love again. Kim Vogel Sawyer’s Waiting for Summer’s Return, is a strong story of love overcoming grief, and most of all, it is a poignant reminder of how God cares and protects us even when we can’t feel His presence. Waiting for Summer’s Return is an excellent choice for your Need to Read List. |
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