A Plain Leaving Book Review

I was excited to read another book by Leslie Gould because I have enjoyed all of the books that I have read by her.  I quickly looked and A Plain Leaving (The Sisters of Lancaster County) by Leslie Gould was the first book in the Sisters of the Lancaster County series so I was even more excited by this new start to a new series that I was going to enjoy.  The cover showed a great picture of the country life and living on a farm but I was excited to get into the book and find out what it would be all about.

At age twenty, Jessica Bachman left her two beloved sisters and her Amish community after clashing with the new bishop about her role in the family and the future of their farm. She tried to convince Silas Kemp, who'd been courting her for two years, to join her, but when he said no, she fled anyway. Three years later, she returns home for the first time since leaving Lancaster to attend her father's funeral. Her arrival back revives all sorts of emotions--yearnings and sorrows alike. Jessica knows things will never return to how they were. But in seeing Silas again, she can't help but wonder what might have been.  Struggling to decide where her next step should take her, she learns the story of a Revolutionary War-era ancestor that echoes her own choices. Will Jessica leave her family and community forever, or is there peace and healing and love yet to come?

This book was interesting because two members of the family come back to the family home after their father dies so that they can morn him with their family.  Jessica and Amos left for different reason but came back because of their love for their father.  Their father was the only contact that either of them had with their families after they left and they were upset to learn of his passing.  At the farm, they had to sit at a different table to eat and work to maintain the family farm while being treated very badly by the family members.  Both Amos and Jessica use this time to make peace with the past and try to move forward but the family members are stopping them at every turn except their Aunt Suz who tells them a story from their family history.  This story is about how the family lived through the war and the choices that the family members made.  I hope that you pick up the book and find out for yourself how the story affects both the past and the current situations with the family drama.  I think that you will really enjoy it as much as I did!

**I received a copy of the book for my review but all opinions here are my own and I was not required to post a positive review.