Title: ANNIE’S CHRISTMAS WISH
Author: Barbara Cameron
Publisher: Abingdon Press
October 2013
ISBN: 978-1426733895
Genre: Amish / Christmas
Will New York City
lure Annie away from her home…and the possibility of love?
Ever since her step-mom brought her a snow globe of the New York City skyline,
Annie has wanted to visit the beautiful, big city. Since it’s nearing the time
of Annie’s rumschpringe—the time when Amish youth experience English life to
make a decision whether to live in that world or become baptized into the Amish
faith—the family decides a visit is a good idea. They watch the Macy’s
Christmas parade, admire the decorated store windows, skate at the Rockefeller Center
Aaron has long been attracted to Annie and is sure he’s in
love. As he watches her engage in big city life, he grows concerned that she
won’t want to return to their quieter life. Will Annie follow Aaron back home?
Or stay and pursue her dreams? Competing for her attention, Aaron sets out to
show Annie that Christmas isn’t about the glitz and glamour, but about family,
love, and the birth of Jesus.
ANNIE’S CHRISTMAS WISH is the fourth book in Ms. Cameron’s Quilts of Lancaster County series, but
it easily stands alone. Still, readers will want to read the other books in the
series, specifically, A Time to Love as
it’s about Annie’s Mamm, Jenny. Books two and three are A Time to Heal and A Time for
Peace.
I enjoyed getting to know Annie as a grown-up, and really
liked how Aaron noticed everything about her. Most quiet bookworms like Annie
seem to go unnoticed, but he took note of everything about her, even how she observed
others, as if studying them. That was impressive that he cared for her so much.
If you like Amish fiction, then ANNIE’S CHRISTMAS WISH is
one you’ll want to pick up. Recommended. $14.99. 304 pages. 4 stars.
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