Title: LEAVING LANCASTER
Author: Kate Lloyd
Publisher: David C. Cook
March 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7814-0508-9
Genre: Amish/women’s
fiction
Can a splintered Amish family reconcile?
More than anything else, thirty-something Holly Fisher longs
for family. Growing up in Seattle
without a dad or grandparents, she wonders what it would be like to have a
heritage, a place of belonging. Holly is furious when her mother, Esther,
reveals a long-kept secret: Holly’s grandmother and uncles are still alive and
begging Esther to return. And Holly is shocked when she learns that the family
she’s never known lives on a Lancaster ,
Pennsylvania
Guilt-ridden Esther, terrified to see her mother and
siblings, begs Holly to accompany her on a visit to Esther’s mother before she
dies. But can their journey to a conflicting world heal their emotional wounds
and finally bring them home?
LEAVING LANCASTER is the first book I’ve read by Kate Lloyd.
I’d read some good comments about her books on the Amish fiction boards on
Facebook, so I was anxious to give it a try.
I found the characters in LEAVING LANCASTER were middle age
middle-schoolers. They acted very immature, were angry and spiteful. The mother
lied about her past, and then continued lying after she returned home to make
amends. However--that was the point of the story--the characters all had a lot of maturing to do.
Written in alternating first person/third person makes it a bit difficult to stay in the story. And some of the events were implausible.
However, those who enjoy women’s fiction more than traditional
romance might enjoy this take on the Amish life—why someone would leave and
then return. If you like Amish fiction, don’t take my word for it. Try LEAVING
LANCASTER for yourself. Includes discussion questions at the end of the book.
$14.99. 369 pages.
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