About the Book:
All she wanted was a simple Amish life . . . But now Marianna Sommer finds herself depending on Englisch neighbors. Although proud of living apart from the world, she and her newly relocated Amish family have discovered that life in the remote mountains of Montana requires working together.
As Marianna begins helping those different from herself-and receiving their help-her heart contemplates two directions. She's torn between the Amish man from Indiana whom she has long planned on marrying and the friendly Englischer who models a closer walk with God than she's ever seen before.
Who should have young Marianna's heart? What is God asking her to sacrifice? Her traditions? Her community? The answer is found along the wooded paths.
About the Author:
Tricia Goyer is an acclaimed and prolific writer, publishing hundreds of articles in national magazines including Today's Christian Woman and Focus on the Family while authoring more than thirty-one fiction and nonfiction books combined. Among those are 3:16 Teen Edition with Max Lucado and the American Christian Fiction Writers' Book of the Year Award winners Night Song and Dawn of a Thousand Nights. She has also written books on marriage and parenting and contributed notes to the Women of Faith Study Bible. Tricia lives with her husband and four children in Arkansas.
My Opinion:
This is the second book of a trilogy; I reviewed the first, Beside Still Waters and enjoyed meeting the characters. In this second chapter Marianna Sommer finds herself in Montana living in an Amish community that lives comfortably with its Englisch neighbors. This would be nigh on impossible back in her home of Indiana but in Montana all must work together to survive. She also finds a new way to find God that goes against what she has been taught from birth.
Marianna has strong feelings for an Englisch man but to leave her community goes against everything she believes in. Her suitor from Indiana has arrived to try and encourage her to return to the cabin he has lovingly built for her. His driver had an accident bringing him to her house and his leg is broken and he now needs to recuperate before he can return home.
How will Marianna choose between the two men that pull at her heart?
This book picks up where Beside Still Waters left off but can easily be read stand alone. Marianna learns more about herself and her relationship with her God as she decides which of her two beaus will be the man for her. The book is easy to read and the story is enjoyable. The interaction of the Amish and Englisch are interesting to read about and Marianna's growth is slow and real.
Tricia is celebrating the release of Along Wooded Paths with a Fabulous Facebook party on October 18th. She'll be giving away prizes and a sneak peak at the next book in the Big Sky series.
Then during the second half of the party she'll be hosting a LIVE AUTHOR CHAT on her website and announcing something BIG! CLICK the button (below) to RSVP for the party - then go here to sign up for the Live Author Chat.
You can see the rest of the Blog Tour HERE
You can purchase Along Wooded Paths on Amazon.com
You can purchase Beside Still Waters on Amazon.com
Disclosure: I received a copy of Along Wooded Paths from Litfuse Publicity Group gratis. Any opinions expressed are my honest opinions and were not impacted by my receipt of the free book. I received no monetary compensation for this post.
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