the shunning the confession the reckoning

These novels make great comfort reads, but a better series by Lewis is the Abram's Daughters series. There are some cliches and predictabilities about these books and the speech can seem stilted in places. Lewis broke into the scene with the Heritage of Lancaster County books and while this was groundbreaking at the time, her writing has changed a lot since the late 90s. Daniel's discovery of salvation in the second book had been a trivial point but it was discussed much more frequently in The Reckoning, so be aware of this if you are not a Christian and are considering reading this book.Īll in all, I've enjoyed reading this series but would not say that it is my favourite of the Amish sagas available. However, I can see how this would make the novel unappealing to a secular audience. I appreciated that Beverly Lewis had picked up on the fact that a lot of Amish don't believe in this and instead think that you have to earn your way to heaven, as this is an aspect of Amish life that I don't entirely agree with. Throughout the book, several characters discussed finding salvation through belief in Christ. It was great to read about Rebecca coming to terms with her daughter's shunning, Mary finding love and Annie rekindling her friendship with her brother. Katie's friends and relatives back in Lancaster also featured more in this book, which is another reason why I enjoyed it. Can she really throw that all away and become completely 'fancy'? I felt that on her quest to discover who she really was, Katie really grew as a character and the immaturities about her that I'd previously disliked diminished. While living in her birth-mother's mansion in New York, Katie comes to realise that she misses many aspects of her old Amish life - quilting, baking, helping those who are to frail to look after themselves. I enjoyed the conclusion to the Heritage of Lancaster County series more than the second book but not quite as much as the first. And once again, she is compelled to face the heritage of her past. Her childhood entwined with Daniel's, yet her present life far removed from Lancaster County, Katherine longs for the peace that reigned in her mother's heart.

Meanwhile, she delights in the modern world-once forbidden-cherishing the attention of Justin Wirth, her handsome suitor. Unknown to Katherine, her long-lost love, Daniel Fisher, is desperate to locate his 'Sweetheart girl,' only to be frustrated at nearly every turn. Shunned from the Plain life she once knew, Katherine finds solace in volunteer work with hospice patients-a labor of love she hopes will bring honor to the memory of her birth mother. But as the seasons pass, she finds herself grieving the loss of her Amish family and dearest friend, Mary Stolzfus.

Katherine Mayfield, the new Mistress of Mayfield Manor, always dreamed of a fancy 'English' life.

The shunning the confession the reckoning