THE SILENCE OF WINTER by Wanda E. Brunstetter is book two in
The
Discovery Saga. There are six books in this series and
each one is only
128 pages. This is the story of Luke and Meredith
Stoltzfus. Luke is on a
bus to his Uncle's in Indiana. He has gone there to learn
a new trade as
he has been laid off from his wood working job back in
Pennsylvania.
Meredith has just learned a life changing situation within
herself and she
can't wait for Luke to come home so she can tell him. She
is patiently
waiting for Luke to call her and let her know he made it to
Indiana.
While Meredith is waiting for Luke to call her the local
sheriff comes to
see her to tell her a tragedy has occurred. Meredith is
devastated. Why
didn't she tell Luke the big secret she had to tell him
before he left? Why
didn't she fight harder to get him to stay? Why didn't he
stay in
Pennsylvania and try to find some other kind of job? I'm not
telling
anymore. You have to read the book if you want to find it
what happens.
You won't be sorry.
SILENCE IN WINTER starts off with such intensity.......a
life altering event.
You wonder how Meredith will survive. What will she do to
get through it?
She tries to go on, doing some painting in their house.
While she is doing
that an old friend stops by to see if she needs anything.
He couldn't have
arrived at a better time. Meredith is in medical distress
and needs his help
getting to a hospital. Oh no, what is going to happen to
her? Will they
make it to the hospital in time? Who is this old friend
that stops by? Will
this be the end of her old life and the beginning of a new
one?
Wanda has always been a favorite Amish author of mine and
this series
just proves my point. I can't wait to start the third book,
A Hope for Spring
next. My heart is breaking for Meredith and poor Luke.
Thankfully,
Meredith is surrounded by family, both hers and Luke's,
because she is
going to need all the help she can get. THE SILENCE OF
WINTER, like
the first book, Goodbye to Yesterday, ends with a cliff
hanger. It is a big
one too!
In The Silence of Winter, part two of The
Discovery––A Lancaster County Saga, Meredith
anxiously waits to hear that Luke has arrived safely in
Indiana for a new job opportunity. . .but Luke's call never
comes. Instead, Meredith receives news that tears her heart
to shreds and leaves her just barely living—and only
for the sake of the little one growing within her. How will
Meredith ever go on without Luke?