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By Conny Withay
Published on September 5, 2012
 

Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher

Publisher: Revell

ISBN: 978-0-8007-1988-3



Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher

Publisher: Revell

ISBN: 978-0-8007-1988-3

“… Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.” Romans 4:7. In the second of Suzanne Woods Fisher’s series “Stoney Ridge Seasons,” her novel The Haven deals with God forgiving and forgetting our past and our sins as per this verse in the Bible.

This three hundred and fourteen page paperback has a photograph of a young Amish girl on the front cover and is targeted toward young, mature Christian women who enjoy wholesome romantic stories. There is no profanity but the subject matter of pre-marital sex and having children out of wedlock are discussed. At the end of the book there are discussion questions, acknowledgements, author biography and sources to obtain her other written works. This author wishes pronouns in reference to God would be capitalized for reverence.

Young woman Sadie Lapp has spent several months in Ohio, helping her sister and brother-in-law establish their new home while also learning about herbs and their medicinal purposes. As she returns to her Amish home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she is at the bus station, where she falls asleep but is startled to awaken in the possession of a baby boy in a basket. She takes the baby home to her father, younger sister and housekeeper, convinced that God has given her the bundle of joy for a specific reason.

Sadie’s sister M.J. is very outspoken, intelligent and tends to say too much, giving the tight-knit community the impression that the baby boy is Sadie’s. Gideon, a befuddled, awkward schoolteacher to M.J. has been in love with Sadie for years and habitually says and does the wrong thing to get Sadie’s attention.

Meanwhile, outsider Will, a confused and wayward college student who has a love of birds, is sent to the Amish farm to keep watch of two endangered falcons living on the homestead. Fighting his emotions, he learns about himself, his upbringing and his interests in Sadie.

As the story twists and turns, will Sadie figure out who are the parents to the baby or will she succumb to Will’s attention? Will Gideon stand up for his love for Sadie or will he resent and hate Will for noticing Sadie? But most of all, will Sadie’s family and the Amish community understand forgiveness and love the newborn baby that changes the Lapp family forever?

Leaving a clear opportunity for future books, this tome not only shows the simplistic, current day life and thinking of the Amish, but shows “when God forgives, he does it once for all. He doesn’t keep dragging out reminders the way people do.”


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