Friday, May 27, 2016

Delightful Amish Romance! Planted With Hope - The Pinecraft Pie Shop 2 - by Tricia Goyer & Sherry Gore



Planted with Hope

About the book:


In the second installment of the Pinecraft Pie Shop series, you’ll return to a town and a family you’ve already grown to love.
When Hope Miller is offered the plot of land behind the Me, Myself, and Pie shop to start a garden, she jumps at the chance. Finally—some space away from her four sisters! But everyone in town seems to have an opinion about what she should grow and how she should grow it. When the widower schoolteacher, Jonas Sutter, asks if his students at the Amish school can help turn the plot into a community garden, Hope only halfheartedly agrees, wondering if she will ever get the peace and quiet she craves. And will she get anything to grow?
The stories of friendship, community, and unexpected love within these pages will plant real seeds of hope within your heart.
- See more at: https://www.harvesthousepublishers.com/books/planted-with-hope-9780736961318#sthash.t0bAFbs9.dpuf
In the second installment of the Pinecraft Pie Shop series, you’ll return to a town and a family you’ve already grown to love.
When Hope Miller is offered the plot of land behind the Me, Myself, and Pie shop to start a garden, she jumps at the chance. Finally—some space away from her four sisters! But everyone in town seems to have an opinion about what she should grow and how she should grow it. When the widower schoolteacher, Jonas Sutter, asks if his students at the Amish school can help turn the plot into a community garden, Hope only halfheartedly agrees, wondering if she will ever get the peace and quiet she craves. And will she get anything to grow?
The stories of friendship, community, and unexpected love within these pages will plant real seeds of hope within your heart.
- See more at: https://www.harvesthousepublishers.com/books/planted-with-hope-9780736961318#sthash.t0bAFbs9.dpuf

In the second installment of the Pinecraft Pie Shop series, you'll return to a town and a family you've already grown to love.

When Hope Miller is offered the plot of land behind the Me, Myself, and Pie shop to start a garden, she jumps at the chance. Finally--some space away from her four sisters! But everyone in town seems to have an opinion about what she should grow and how she should grow it. When the widower schoolteacher, Jonas Sutter, asks if his students at the Amish school can help turn the plot into a community garden, Hope only halfheartedly agrees, wondering if she will ever get the peace and quiet she craves. And will she get anything to grow?

The stories of friendship, community, and unexpected love within these pages will plant real seeds of hope within your heart.


My review:

This was a wonderful story about a young woman who loved the peace and quiet of working her own garden, but ultimately must choose whether to stay in her comfort zone or open her garden and her heart.  I could relate to Hope's need for quiet and time to herself.  I've never really done gardening myself, but I could understand the satisfaction of seeing the results of your hard work.  I really enjoyed seeing Hope grow in her relationship with others and with God.  I especially enjoyed a prayer time she had and the result of that.  This series shows a lot more spiritual growth in the characters than a lot of other Amish books I've read.  There was some wonderful advice in this story, from the spiritual to relational to gardening.  There were either wonderful recipes or gardening advice from back before and during World War II after each chapter.  I loved the journal Hope was reading from World War II and the lessons she learned from it.  There were a few cute romantic moments.  The setting of Pinecraft was wonderful and I would love to visit this laid-back Amish and Mennonite community.  I also liked seeing characters from book one, especially her sister, Lovina, along with the rest of the family, and their wise elderly friend, Elizabeth.  The story does work as a stand-alone, but I do suggest reading book one as that was wonderful, too.  I'm excited for the next one!  I highly recommend this story.

I received this book free from Harvest House Publishers in exchange for an honest review.







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