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  Amish Love Of A Lifetime (Amish Romance) Kindle Edition
  Sadie Palmer (Author)
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  5.0 out of 5 starsFINALLY A SWEET LOVE STORY THAT HAS A TRUE ENDING
  Al this had been too good for these two as Isaac's parents moved miles away to Ohio from Lancaster, PA, because his uncle got sick, leaving him depressed. When he got old enough he made the decision to move back in the hopes of courting Rebecca, a decision which winds up distressingd his parents no end.
  I read this book via an Amazon-US KINDLE Unlimited download to the KINDLE device on my computer.
  5.0 out of 5 starsAwe-inspiring heartfelt books, thank you to opening my eyes.
  Awe-inspiring tale, I understood the dynamic of feeling out of place, finding your place, finding your significant other, awkward stages of growing up, adolescence, independence, courting, relationships, marriage and children, let's not forget death. But wait the empty nest syndrome and reigniting a romance that was pushed aside because of raising a family and trial and tribulation that goes with it. The author captured all the essence of emotions of someone who faced all this challenges, I know I was an emotional wreck reading it. You got me babbling like a baby, actually crying. Tears leaked from the corner of my eye, trying desperately to wipe the watery goo before my husband could see it, ahh . . . too late! I felt dear Rebecca and Isaac relationship is and was as strong most of us as human beings will experience or could relate too. It doesn't matter what culture, religion, ethnicity, color of your skin, nationality, we are humans and we want to be accepted, we want love, we want companionship, we want romance, we want a family to love and nurture. When the time comes for marriage and children, we want stability and happiness. As a parent you want it more for your children, more than anything. But who do we turn to when all fails? Do you turn to God (Gott)? Can your faith stand the test of time? Do you pray when there is good in your lives, not only when you come upon hardship? Rebecca and Isaac 's story tested their strength and their faith. Their friendship started when Isaac was a mere five year old and Rebecca was four years old. The story followed the age of Rebecca and I'm not telling how far unless you read the other reviews. It is worth reading for yourself. When Isaac had no friends and talk with a lisp and stuttered, Rebecca saw Isaac for who he was, Isaac. She didn't care about his lisp or that he stuttered, she saw a friend. Isaac was ecstatic to have a friend like Rebecca who accepted him with his faults, even though she talks a mile a minute. This story covered all the downfalls and blessings and challenges of Isaac and Rebecca, like the title of the story, "Amish Love of a Lifetime."
  The author wrote a story so compelling yet simple but packed a whole lot of drama, not in your face drama but 'LIFE' plain and simple. I could so relate to this book and like I said before we are different in the eyes of ourselves but we are the same when it comes to love and family and our faith in God (no matter what denomination). Excellent read and I am fan. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to review this wonderful book. Thank you, Darlene Cruz.
  3.0 out of 5 starsThree stars because it is oddly unusual.
  Three stars because of how different and strange this reading experience was. It wasn't very Amish....and it wasn't all that interesting. Much of it was just mundane. Actually, ALL of it was pretty mundane, but I have never read a novel that was completely narrative. Zero speaking by anyone in the book.
  If I told this story in a group, they'd all walk out from boredom, but I just kept going, thinking that there must be a plot on the next page. However, I have to say that I am glad that I read it, and I am glad that I am done with it. These lives seemed much more non-Amish than what I imagine from my own experiences and other study. The kids in this book were somewhat lazy, troubled, confused, sullen, and had attitude problems. They avoided work and study. If this had been told as a story of a Protestant family in Dubuque, it might have made more sense to me.
  Oh well. Can't recommend it, really....but I wonder of other reviewers would feel differently.
  1.0 out of 5 starsBy far, one of the worst books
  It pains me to have nothing positive to say about the book. I can only imagine how I'd feel to read a negative review, but this book doesn't even merit one star! The only thing remotely Amish about this book is the tiresome words sprinkled here & there: Gott, daed, etc. Too bad the storyline falls short of every other book about the Amish I've read, and I've read a ton! You could literally remove the Amish words alone and be reading about an English couple. The "romance" is formulaic to the max, and the number of grammatical errors is distracting. I stopped reading at around 20%, according to my Kindle. Sadly, I'd advise readers to steer clear of this book.
  This was a beautiful story about a couple beginning at age 4 years and followed them thru 74 years. They were separated at age 4 when the boy's family moved from Indiana to Ohio. They were best friends & this was very traumatic for them. For the first couple years they wrote to each other every week, then, the letters dwindled down to none.
  They both found love in their 20's, but, both were rejected by their lovers.. Eventually the boy came back to Indiana & saw his best friend again. They fell in love and were married & had 2 children. There were many stories about the children. I don't want to give away the story. I recommend this book to everyone who finds the Amish and their stories interesting. I love to read these stories because they are always inspirational, showing the Amish love of God and family. There is never any violence or bad language in these books! They live a simple life without material "things" to clutter up their lives.
  WATCH OUT FOR FUTURE BOOKS BY SADIE PALMER--- THIS IS HER FIRST ATTEMPT & SHE WILL GO FAR WITH HER STORIES ABOUT THE AMISH! GOOD LUCK, SADIE!
  2.0 out of 5 starsTelling, not showing, the story
  I don't think that at any point in this book there were quotation marks. The entire book was a narration, year by year, of events in the life of the couple. The couple didn't seem particularly Amish in their attitudes. I was frequently left wondering why that year's event was considered the most important event all year long. The author, for some inexplicable reason, re-used names for characters, without any indication that anyone was named for each other.There are lots of names in the Bible, it shouldn't be hard to find other names instead of creating confusion by having multiple pairs of same-name characters. But it reached a low point in the last chapter, where the father is repeatedly referred to by the son's name. It took what was supposed to be a somber account of loss, and turned it into a 'huh?' moment.
  Very little dialog & very repetitive. The whole book was the author talking about the couple's feelings. When they did talk it was always are we doing the right thing, or telling each other how much they loved each other. I kept wondering why I was wasting time on it, but I have a tendency to always finish a book, no matter what. Don't bother reading it.