The Road Home Book Review

I was excited that there was another book out by Beverly Lewis and I didn't even read what it was about or what series it was part of when I decided that I had to read it.  The Road Home by Beverly Lewis was set in the past but still a fairly present book in both Michigan and Pennsylvania.  It was a great story with great characters that I was immediately drawn into so that I couldn't put down the book.

Sent from Michigan to Pennsylvania following the tragic death of her Amish parents, Lena Rose Schwartz grieves her loss and the separation from her nine siblings. Beside the fact that Lena has never been so far from home, she hasn't met the family she will now be living with. But worse than that is having to live apart from her close-knit brothers and sisters. How will they manage without her to care for them--especially six-year-old Chris? And will her new beau, Hans Bontrager, continue to court her despite the many miles between them?  Yet even as Lena Rose holds on to hope for a reunion with those she loves most, she discovers that Lancaster holds charms of its own. Is she willing to open her heart to new possibilities?

Although this books had many things in common with other Beverly Lewis because of the great writing and wonderful characters, I thought it was really unique because Lena Rose had to move all the way to Pennsylvania to live with a family member because there was no where for her to fit in the small town in Michigan where she grew up after her parents died.  I was thinking that life wouldn't change for this family of 10 children because the community would come together to have someone live with them to make the only change the loss of their parents but that didn't happen.  It took awhile to believe that this was happening for me but all of the children were shipped off to different houses so that they would have to grow up by themselves.  Lean Rose makes the most of her new situation living in a new town away from her whole family and she makes a new life with many new friends.  She prays every day to move home with her family but still makes the most of each day in Pennsylvania.  When she gets word of a job and a place to live, she has to make a hard decision to leave behind her new life and go back to her old life.  You have to pick up the book and find out what she does because it has me amazed!!  I hope that you check out this book for yourself and enjoy it as much as I did!!

**I received a copy of the book for my review but all opinions here are honest and my own.