herb of grace :: review + giveaway

What is one of the things that I need most when I head camping? A good book to read! That is exactly what I found when I delved into Herb of Grace by Adina Senft.

I am no expert on the Amish community, so I can’t attest to the accuracy with which this novel was written, but I thoroughly enjoyed getting a glimpse into a faith and lifestyle whose main focus is Christ. Adina Senft did a wonderful job illustrating a story with words and captivating me through a great plot line and interesting characters. Here’s a little more about Herb of Grace:

Herb of Grace

Amish widow Sarah Yoder has been struggling to raise her two teenaged sons and provide a home where family and members of her Old Order Amish church can find fellowship and friendship. Though she is close to her in-laws, lately it feels like her relationship with her boys is splintering. Her stepson Simon wants to move out west with his cousins to find work. And her youngest, Caleb, is spending far too much time over at the tumbledown home of a man who left the church long ago. Henry Byler only returned recently to Willow Creek when he inherited the family farm–under protest–and now seems caught in a struggle between the faith of his childhood and the world he’s come to know.

Ruth Lehman, the local Dokterfraa, believes Sarah should use her gift for growing plants to become an herbal healer, too. Sarah is reluctant, however, uncertain if caring for others will take her away from her family–the place where she believes God wants her. But when she feels called to help members of her community, she soon discovers that the heart can be scarred as deeply as the body. As she compiles her herbs, she waits for God to do his healing work in a man who rues a harsh decision, in a lonely prodigal who has lost everything, and maybe even in a herbalist-in-training who firmly believes she will never love again. 

Sound like something you would like to read? Be sure to pick up your own copy!

Herb of Grace :: $15 (available 8/5/14)

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