Love Letter Book Review

I thought I reserved this book at the library but I actually got another one.  I had to go back and reserve this one to actually get to read it.  Super glad that I did because it was a great read that I enjoyed.  The Love Letters by Beverly Lewis was a great book about letters that Marlena was writing to her beau and letters that the visitor has to uncover the truth to his past.

Marlena needed time to let things sink in. It was beyond her how all this could possibly work out--adding the care of an infant to her daily routine. Fortunately, it would just be until Luella returned home from the hospital and was stronger.No more than a couple weeks, surely.

Marlena Wenger's life takes an unexpected turn on the day she learns she must care for her estranged sister's baby. Spending the summer in Brownstown, Pennsylvania, to assist her Mennonite grandmother, and miles from Marlena's Old Order Amish beau, she feels out of her element in nearly every respect. Yet Marlena determines to do her best and stay focused on her future, even as those hopes become drastically altered.

Marlena goes to her grandparents house to take care of her grandmother after her grandfathers death and then ends up getting her niece to take care of too.  She finds out that her estranged sister is dead shortly after loosing her grandfather and she feels very sad about the time lost with both of her loved ones.  Marlena is surprised how much she loves this little girl and becomes very attached to her.   She doesn't want to give her up when her father comes back for her but she wants what is best for the little girl so she does what she has to do.  In the process, she learns a lot about her beau who she was supposed to be marrying because she forbids her to go to the more progressive church with her grandmother and refuses to let her keep her niece to care for her.  It is a great book with a lot of strong emotions because of all the lives lost and pressure to do the best with the precious baby.  I hope that you pick up this book and enjoy it as much as I have.