Ethan Gingerich lost his brother and sister in law in a
thunderstorm. He
brought his two nephews and niece to live with him. Ethan
is a logger and
can't work that job with children around him. He has his
hands full. He
needs help. He also has had his heart broken and has no
interest or need
to find another woman to break his heart. THE AMISH NANNY
is the heart
warming story of Ethan and how lost he is taking care of
three children. He
asks God for help in finding his way to do right by these
children. You will
find yourself cheering for Ethan but first, you will want
to take him and
shake some sense into him.
Clara Barkman, we met in another of Patricia David's
stories, Shepard's
Bride. She is oldest of four girls. Her uncle raised them
after their parents
died. He beat them and did not treat them right. She was
being forced to
marry a mean way older man to protect her sisters. They
got a way from
him and went to live with their grandfather in the Amish
community of Hope
Springs, Ohio. Clara knows one thing for sure. She has
no interest in
ever getting married. Clara wants to be a teacher until
she decides to take
the job as a nanny.
Lily is around three, Amos four, and Micah eight when they
come to live with their
Uncle Ethan. Micah has lots of anger issues. Ethan did not
want the kids
broken up so he agreed to take them, but he is not
prepared to be a father.
Lily and Amos take to Clara right off. They are all
grieving. But Micah is the
one who Clara really feels a kinship to. She remembers
what she was
going through before she was taken in by her grandfather.
Micah pulls at
Clara's heart and all she wants to do is teach him that
not everyone is bad
and that he is worthy of being loved again.
Patricia Davids love of the Amish people really shines
through and will pull
you right in while you are reading THE AMISH NANNY and
never let you to
until the very last page. I devoured this quick read and
can't wait to
continue with this series, Brides of Amish County.
I strongly recommend
THE AMISH NANNY to anyone who loves Amish stories as well
as anyone
who enjoys books about characters who struggle to overcome
life's
greatest challenges.
THE AMISH NANNY 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. Amish
fiction has a special place in my heart and Patricia
Davids is always one of
the authors I look for when I want to read a book in this
genre.
A Family In Need
A reclusive Amish logger, Ethan Gingerich is more
comfortable around his draft horses than the orphaned
niece
and nephews he's taken in. Yet he's determined to provide
the children with a good, loving home. The little ones,
including a defiant eight-year-old, need a proper nanny.
But when Ethan hires shy Amishwoman Clara Barkman, he
never
expects her temporary position to have such a lasting hold
on all of them. Now this man of few words must convince
Clara she's found her forever home and family.
Brides of Amish Country: Finding true love in the land of
the Plain People.
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