When I heard THE RESCUED was going to be released I was so
excited
and couldn't wait to read it! It does not disappoint. THE
RESCUED is book
two in the Keepers of the Promise series.
The main character, Judith Wegler draws you in right away
and I really
managed to connect and identify with her throughout. She
had me in tears
before I was even half way through with THE RESCUED. My
heart was
breaking for her and all she had to endure in her marriage
to Isaac. Isaac is
the legal guardian of his younger brother Joseph and the
two of them do
not see eye to eye on anything. Judith is stuck in the
middle of their
arguments and all she wants is for the two of them to make
peace. Her
marriage is suffering as Isaac feels she is taking
Joseph's side. Joseph
wants to become a machinist and Isaac wants him to take
over the family
dairy farm as Isaac promised his dad he would.
THE RESCUED is told in two points of view. Besides Judith
the other story
is about Mattie Lapp. Judith found some letters in an old
desk and they are
round robins from Mattie and her friends and family. The
letters tell the
story of Mattie as she is struggling with her own family
in another time.
The Englisch people in their community were trying to make
the Amish
children stay in school and to go to their high school.
The Amish
community does not like this one bit and feel as if they
should be allowed to
stay separate from the Englisch as they have always done.
They have
their own schools and only go to school until they finish
eighth grade.
Mattie worries that she might be put in jail if she
doesn't send her daughter
to the consolidated high school as she has been ordered to
do.
THE RESCUED is a journey of emotions; happiness, sadness,
joy, torment,
and is bound to have you crying at one point or another.
The Amish are
real people with real problems just like everyone else
just because they
have their own idea of how to live. Even though their
community is strong
on faith, they still struggle through their beliefs just
like us. Marta Perry
adds such richness and depth to her stories that the
reader actually comes
to know the characters as friends. Marta has once again
captured my heart
with the gentle wisdom and heartfelt faith of the Amish
community. Amish
fiction has a special place in my heart and Marta Perry is
always one of the
authors I look for when I want to read a book in this
genre.
As an Amish wife and mother struggles to hold her family together, a story from the past teaches her how to face her daily challenges with strength and love . . . In modern day central Pennsylvania, Judith Wegler tries to heal the growing rift between her husband, Isaac, and his teenage brother Joseph—whom Judith and Isaac have raised as their own ever since both brothers lost their parents and siblings in a horrific fire. Meanwhile, Isaac’s hurtful silence about this tragic past has robbed Judith of any certainty of her husband’s love. But when Judith’s grandmother gifts her with an antique study table, she discovers a hidden packet of letters that changes her life . . . In 1953, widow Mattie Lapp fights against the county’s attempts to force Amish children to attend a consolidated public school, even if it means arrest and imprisonment. Mattie knows she can’t face this challenge alone, and turns to her late husband’s cousin Adam for help, but she’s terrified at the prospect of relying on someone else. Now, as the two women’s stories converge, both must learn to stand up for their beliefs and to love again, even when it means risking their hearts . . .
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