A Simple Charity by Rosalind Lauer

December 1, 2014 by Christina

Fiction — print. Ballantine Books, 2014. 352 pgs. Review copy. Twice widowed, Fanny Lapp is busy juggling housework, raising her children and step-children, and assisting the doctor who serves her Amish community with each homebirth. Without a husband and with several small children to care for, the responsibilities for repairing and maintaining her home and barn have fallen to the wayside. The bishop has sent Zed Miller, who recently returned to the community after leaving during his rumspringa, to assist […]

Categories: 2014 Reads, Amish, Fiction, North America, United States • Tags: Rosalind Lauer

A Simple Faith by Rosalind Lauer

December 8, 2013 by Christina

Fiction — print. Ballantine Books, 2013. 370 pgs. Review copy. Being the first responder on the scene of a tragic highway collision gives nursing student Haley Donovan the confidence she needs to be the kind of nurse she has always wanted to be. The experience introduces her to Lancaster County’s tight-knit Amish community of Halfway and allows her and psychologist Dylan Monroe to bring counseling services to the community torn apart by following this accident. Elsie Lapp, owner of Halfway’s […]

Categories: 2013 Reads, Amish, Fiction, North America, United States • Tags: Rosalind Lauer