The stone wall

Title:

The stone wall

Author:

Lewis, Beverly, 1949- author.

Summary:

A Lancaster County tour guide researches her Alzheimer's patient grandmother's Plain heritage and the story behind a mysterious stone wall while confronting a difficult choice about her growing feelings for a handsome Mennonite and a young Amish widower.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Physical Description:

460 pages (large print) ; 22 cm

Genre:

Subject Term:

Mennonites -- Fiction.

Grandmothers -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Family secrets -- Fiction.

Alzheimer's disease -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group,

Publication Date:

2020

ISBN:

9780764233289

Publication Information:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2020]

Call Number:

LP LEWIS

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

Anna is eager to begin a new chapter in her life as a Lancaster County tour guide in the picturesque area where her Plain grandmother once stayed. Anna wishes she could talk with her grandmother about those long-ago days, but the elderly woman suffers from Alzheimer's, and beyond a vague hint about an old stone wall, much about that time is a mystery. Thankfully, Martin Nolt, a handsome Mennonite, takes the young Beachy Amish woman under his wing for her training, familiarizing her with the many local highlights, including Peaceful Meadows Horse Retreat, which serves children with special needs. The retreat's mission so inspires Anna that she returns to volunteer, and she quickly strikes up a friendship with Gabe Allgyer, the young Amish widower who manages it.

As Anna grows closer to both Martin and Gabe, she finds herself faced with a difficult choice--one in potential conflict with the expectations of her parents. Will Anna find true love and the truth about her grandmother's past in Lancaster County? Or will she find only heartbreak?

Author Notes

Beverly Lewis penned her first story at age nine while living near Lancaster County Amish farmland, where she grew up. She welcomes her many reader-friends each day on Facebook and personally replies to fan mail. Lewis lives with her husband in Colorado near their family. Visit her website at www.beverlylewis.com.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Lewis (Child of Mine) returns with a resplendent tale of love, loss, and faith within the Amish community of Lancaster, Pa. Twenty-something Anna, after from a breakup, moves in with her mother's cousin Sadie for a change of pace despite her parents' disapproval and her own concerns about leaving her ailing grandmother, Eliza, who has Alzheimer's. Unlike Anna's mother's family, who are of the more modern Beachy Amish, Sadie and her side of the family are Old Order. Soon, Anna is presented with two suitors--Mart, who comes from a sect similar to Anna's, or Gabe, an Old Order widower with a troubled young daughter. As her bonds with Gabe and his daughter strengthen, Anna ponders the differences between the Amish communities, learns stories about her grandmother being caught between two Amish sects 70 years before, and discovers that many paths lead to the same God. The redemptive union of Gabe and Anna is all the more poignant set alongside Eliza's fleeting memories of losing the man she loved because of the same insular divides. Lewis's fans are in for a treat. (Sept.)