Touching Story of
Changing Lives with Thrilling Mystery
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| Simon & Schuster |
Grace Connor is a military nurse in Afghanistan when she
receives an email from her sister asking her to return home due to her
grandmother's heart attack. She has only been home a few days when an Amish
neighbor, Levi, appears at her doorstep asking for help for his mother, a
shooting victim. This is the beginning a compelling story that clashes an Amish
man with the English lifestyle, making him question the strictness of the
Ordnung that even forbids efforts to protect themselves with safety measures.
Grace runs up against the strict laws when she attempts to care for Leiv's
family, her grandmother and her teenage sister. Grace and Levi are attracted to
each other, but they choose to ignore the response because of their religious
differences, but a fate throws them together with storms, accidents, and a
heartless criminal.
This book grabbed me from the first chapter as Grace seeks
God's will for her life, then attempts to help her neighbors without stepping
on their beliefs. The frustration felt by Grace in what she sees as pointless
law, along with Levi's questioning of that same law is easy to understand and
feel. An Uncommon Grace does not set
the Amish lifestyle up as the perfect ‘Godly’ lifestyle that many see it, but
pulls out questions that apply to all Christians in all faiths. Grace and her
family use scripture to back up their beliefs, while Levi uses the ordnung. This highly interesting book kept me up
all night with the twists and turns. I would recommend this book for any
Christian looking for a great read with many interesting plot twists that
include thought provoking Christian ideals.
Received Galley from NetGalley.com
Simon & Schuster, Inc., Howard Books, published April 3,
2012.
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