Bethany House
Featuring: Tessie Miller; Marcus King
336 pages ISBN: 0764211986 EAN: 9780764211980 Kindle: B00HAJWS5O Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Marcus King is deeply in love with the lovely nineteen-year-
old Tessie Ann Miller and impatient to tell her his latest
news. The young couple are so in love with each other and
want to marry in accordance with their Old Order Amish
community in Hickory Hollow. They have done all the right
things and both have been baptized so they could be married,
but now Tessie Ann's stern and staunch father forbids it.
What can they do? Why is her Dat being so unreasonable and
not offering any explanation? Their love for each other is
making them impatient, and now Marcus can't wait to show
Tessie the home he has set up for them. Despite their
prayers and pleas, Tessie's father wouldn't budge, so they
decide to take another path to their hearts' desire.
As the couple waits for the right moment to tell their
families, the unthinkable and totally unexpected happens.
Now, Tessie is left with the consequences of their
impatience.
Who can help her? Will she have to leave her community?
Can there be a new future for her?
THE LAST BRIDE is the fifth and final book in the "Home to
Hickory Hollow" series by New York Times best-selling
author Beverly Lewis. Well-known as one of the best, if
not the best, writers of Amish fiction, Lewis has
specifically designed this series so the novels can be
equally read as stand-alone stories as well as part of a
series set in the beautiful Lancaster County and the
Pennsylvania Amish landscape. This series is based on the
five daughters in the Miller family and THE LAST BRIDE
focuses on the story of the youngest daughter, Tessie Ann.
As I have not read any of the books in this particular
series, I can attest to the fact that it reads very well as
a stand-alone story. Yet, I am sure fans of Lewis who have
been following the series will be pleased and intrigued by
the development in the lives of the characters they already
know. Now I am looking forward to finding the time now to
read the earlier books in the series.
Having been a fan of Beverly Lewis for a long time and
having read a number of her previous books, I am still
impressed by her ability as a master storyteller to
immediately bring the characters and the setting to life.
While not Amish herself, Lewis has been well steeped in
Amish traditions and concerns, and she skillfully
interweaves interesting facts, knowledge, and research into
the dialogue and situations her realistic-based characters
encounter. Lewis is particularly adept at showing their
emotional responses to their beliefs and circumstances, be
they positive or challenging. One of Lewis's strongest
talents is being able to infuse every page of her books
with how faith and belief in God has and still sustains the
Amish people, both as individuals as well as a community.
To discuss the storyline in this review would only give the
plot away, so I am refraining from doing so, however, the
focus is firmly on how keeping secrets and letting their
ramifications fester only harms and doesn't help. There are
times when THE LAST BRIDE seems to be on the slow side and a
bit drawn out, but being impatient is also a concern as
noted in the story. So, I will simply say it is quite "a
gut story" for both new and long standing Lewis fans.
Enjoy!
Of her Old Order parents' five daughters, Tessie Miller is
the last to marry. She has her heart set on Amishman Marcus
King, but Tessie's father opposes the match.
Impetuously, Tessie and Marcus elope to the English world,
then return to Hickory Hollow to live as singles, trusting
they'll convince the Millers to give their love a chance
over time.
But when the unthinkable happens, Tessie faces the
almost-certain censure of the People. Will she find a reason
for hope in spite of her desperate plight?
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