A Journey for Amy by Diane Craver

 

A Journey for Amy 

by Diane Craver (Author) 

Amy Yoder feels pressure from her Amish parents and her pregnant friend Rose to join the Amish church. Rose worries about dying from breast cancer, like her mother and grandmother did, so she wants Amy to marry her husband, David. Then her baby will be raised by them in an Amish home. Amy doesn’t love David and is dating Joe Barrett, a Catholic man and a paramedic. But will devout Joe give up his Catholic faith to become Amish for her? Does she want him to leave his faith that is important to him? With mounting pressure to take the baptism instructions, Amy decides to move out of her parents’ home to an apartment. Maybe there she can decide what to do about her life.

When Jonas is born, Amy falls in love with the adorable baby. Although Rose wants her to adopt Jonas if both she and David die, how can Amy consider taking the baptism instructions when she loves Joe? She won’t be able to continue to see Joe if she decides to join the Amish church. As the feelings between Amy and Joe grow deeper, can they overcome their dissimilar faiths, or will their differences pull them apart?

Marilyn's thoughts:   

A Journey for Amy is like a family reunion except this one is with characters that became like family in Craver’s Amish Adoption series. Amy’s story is filled with realistic life situations for her by being adopted into an Amish family along with her twin, instead of being raised with her English mother as a set of triplets. It was a pure delight to catch up with Amy, Jenna and Phoebe along with their extended families, in both the Amish and English world, their career choices, and religious beliefs they were raised in.

 

Amy being an EMT is fulfilling to her but she wondered what her life would have been if only she hadn’t been adopted. However, she made the best the situation by choosing to pray and seek what God truly wanted her to do with her life and future instead of what her Amish or biological parents wanted. This tale was a magnificent, superb read that is filled with true life struggles in discovering God’s will for oneself. The story has a gentle faith message, finding forgiveness and peace with current and past choices, along with romance. Add in all the wonderful family members with their struggles, joys, and love growing for everyone made this story shine.

 

I highly recommend Diane Craver’s Amish Adoption series to fans of Amish or Women Fiction with romance, as the author creates a splendid read in each of her books blending the Amish and English worlds together.

 

I was honored to receive an early e-copy of this book without any obligation to write a positive review. I have expressed my own thoughts.