The Love Letters
Beverly Lewis
Marlena is sent to live with her grandmother after her
grandfather’s death. Although this isn’t
where she wanted to spend her summer, she went along like a dutiful Amish
girl. While there another tragedy
strikes her family, and she is given a baby to look after.
Small Jay is a young boy who lives next door to Marlena’s
grandmother. He has some disabilities
that cause his somewhat harsh father to look past him. Fortunately, Small Jay meets Boston, a hobo,
who sees the value of Small Jay.
While both these stories play out Marlena is conflicted
about where she stands with the church – Old Order, New Order, or
Mennonite. The man she loves is Old
Order, and is somewhat against some of the circumstances she is facing.
I like how Beverly Lewis brings in the searching for The One
True God. I also like how she takes the
‘weak’ and makes them ‘strong.’ However,
this wasn’t one of my favorite Beverly Lewis books. I found the story to be slow.
I was given this book, by the publisher, to review.
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