In “Amish Love of a Lifetime” the
author, Sadie Palmer, gives us precisely that, a love story of two endearing
individuals, Rebecca Bieler and Isaac Schuster, which spans the 73 years of
their lives. It starts with a puppy love kind of a close relationship when they
were 3 and 4 years old; where she accepted him despite and didn’t tease him
because of his having a lisp, which he appreciated.
All this had been too good for
these two as Isaac’s parents moved miles away to Ohio from Lancaster, PA, because
his uncle got sick, leaving him depressed. When he got old enough he made the
decision to move back in the hopes of courting Rebecca, a decision which winds
up distressingd his parents no end.
The thing is Rebecca had always
hoped their relationship even at a young age would turn out to be something
more substantial, like marriage. And was quite pleased when she saw his return;
hoping he’d start the courting process, starting with the simplistic buggy
rides alone with each other; a courting process which the rest of the
population here had until the beginning of the 20th century, a
courting process which is far more beautiful and simplistic than the haphazard,
harried ones we have today.
If Isaac does what she hopes he
will, her dreams of having a HEA with him will become a pleasing reality; if he
doesn’t their relationship could easily turn into something else, and during
this time her faith will be continuously tested.
In the end, the author’s
experience living close to the Amish community in Holmes County, Ohio, gives
her readers a beautiful, realistic inside glimpse of what the lives of Rebecca
and Isaac had become with their marriage, having children and grandchildren,
along with all the trials and tribulations the Amish lifestyle might give a
typical married couple.
I’m glad and sadden that Ms.
Palmer decided to take us through their lives, until the day Rebecca dies and
Isaac is left sadly left alone, without the love of his lifetime by his side. An
ending which we a seldom, if ever allow to see, once the couple in the HEA stories
we love to read, get married and we’re left wondering what happens next in
their lives.
For having given me, and her
readers, a sweet love story without a single sex scene we’re usually accustomed
in reading in many HEA stories I’m giving Ms. Palmer and “Amish Love of a
Lifetime” 5 STARS.
I read this book via a KINDLE
Unlimited download to the KINDLE device on my computer.
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