(Apple Creek Dreams Book 1)

Kindle Edition, hard cover, paperback

Print Length: 240 pages

Publisher: P&J Publishing; 2 edition
Publication Date: December 15, 2018
ASIN: B07KP174CL

Jerusha Springer has spent months making the most beautiful quilt anyone in Apple Creek, Ohio has ever seen, and she knows it is going to take first prize at the Quilt Fair in Dalton. The prize money will be her ticket out of the Amish way of life—away from the memories of Jenna, the daughter she lost a year ago and Reuben, her tormented husband, who has been missing since Jenna’s death.

On the way to the fair, Jerusha gets caught in the Storm of The Century. An accident leaves her trapped in her driver’s car—and trapped by the memories of her marriage to Reuben and the loss of little Jenna. And then another littler girl enters the story and takes Jerusha’s heart captive in a way she hadn’t expected. Can this child also be the one to heal Reuben’s pain as well?

A beautiful story of loss and redemption.

My thoughts (Reviewed by Marilyn Ridgway): I enjoyed re-reading the new edition of A Quilt for Jenna by Patrick Craig. I appreciate this magnificent phenomenal story that is set in Apple Creek, Ohio which is an actual place in Wayne County. This story is a masterpiece with the historical research Craig did that was evident throughout the book.

Jerusha Springer and her husband Reuben’s past is told in explicit form that I felt like I was in the midst of all they endured during their time together and before their marriage. The uniqueness of Craig’s storytelling brought historical events to life and the vivid descriptive details of the snowstorm known in history as the Great Appalachian Storm. Jerusha love for her beloved daughter, Jenna and the quilt she had created for her. The mysteries of how God used the quilt and Jerusha during the storm brought many tears and other rushing emotions as each page was read. The uniqueness of Craig showing the inner struggles and feelings of Jerusha and Reuben, a loved Amish couple, gave way to more realism in the Amish world and the way God can and does intervene in lives when individuals cry out to Him for help.

I look forward to reading the sequels in this series. A Quilt for Jenna is a top-notched beginning for this series that will have readers reveling in the tale when finished. I received a complimentary e-copy from the author. I was under no obligations to write a positive review, but I have expressed my own sincere thoughts.