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Suzanne Woods FisherRevell / 2011 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$17.004.8 out of 5 stars for The Keeper, Stoney Ridge Seasons Series #1. View reviews of this product. 32 ReviewsAvailability: In StockStock No: WW719871
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Judy K BurgiKendallville, INAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5The Keeper - A Heart Warming Story!December 8, 2011Judy K BurgiKendallville, INAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Julie Lapp always expected to marry Paul Fisher. Paul has once again put their wedding on hold. Hurt but still wanting to marry Paul, Julia makes up her mind to convince Paul they should marry. Julia knows that Edith, Paul's mother, is behind Paul's decision.
Amos Lapp, Julie's Father has been in declining health for some time. His heart is not functioning right and is just plain giving out. This condition is causing Amos to tire easily and is on bed rest most of the time. Only a heart transplant can save Amos. Amos is adamantly against it. He knows that someone must die for him to have a new heart. Would that be God's will?
The Lapp children, Julia, Menno, Sadie, and M.K. (Mary Kate) are doing their best to keep the farm running. Uncle Hank lends a hand when he can, especially with Menno.
Two outsiders, Fern Graber and The Bee Man (Roman Troyer), show up at the Lapp farm; Fern as a caregiver to Amos and Roman as lending a hand with the farm chores and repairs for the use of his bees for the Lapp's orchard trees.
Can the newcomers make a difference?
Will Julia and Paul marry?
Will Amos agree to a heart transplant?
I was taken through many emotions while reading this book. M.K. brought much laughter and I soon grew to love her! She reminds me so much of my granddaughter! I also experienced sadness, anger, tears, and joy. God is at work in each life. I loved that the author brought this out. We read about trust, faith, love, peace, and finally hope.
The Author has left me with wanting more. I can't wait for the next book to be released! -
Miranda5 Stars Out Of 5This is a Fabulous ReadFebruary 23, 2016MirandaQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5What a book. I didn't want to stop reading it, this is the story of the Lapp family. There is a lot to like about this book, we have an Amish family who desperately need help and it arrives in ways they do not recognise nor appreciate in the beginning. This is not your typical sweetness and light Amish story, these people are real, one cannot walk when she can run, one eats too much, one tries to be all things to all people, and so on. There's a maturity to this story, it goes places other Amish books do not. You think you have all the characters pegged and they turn out to have more depth and growth than you realise. This was a good book, I was sorry to leave the Stony Creek Farm when it was over.
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wfnrenSt Cloud, FLAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Man calls it coincidence, God calls it a miracleJanuary 7, 2014wfnrenSt Cloud, FLAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Julia Lapp is the oldest child of widower Amos Lapp and she is in love with Paul Fisher, she's known she would marry him since she was a young girl. Paul loves Julia too, he just isn't sure he wants to marry her at the young age of 21. He has just 'postponed' their wedding for a second time. When M.K., short for Mary Kate, starts telling about all of the other boys that have called off their 'courtin' it dawns on Julia, the Bee Man is back in town!
Amos is a sick man, he needs a heart transplant and can't keep up with the work so his uncle Hank helps out a little. Uncle Hank is always the talk of the community and writes for The Budget. When Fern Graber reads about the Lapp family in Stoney Creek she writes to Hank and volunteers her services to help the family out. Without asking Amos, Hank accepts her offer.
Fern is a strict no nonsense kind of woman, she knows there are four kids, Amos and Uncle Hank but she thinks she's coming to cook and clean for Amos. I don't know how she thought the kids would live in the house and eat when she won't allow anyone in her kitchen or even so much as get in the refrigerator for a glass of milk. Julia finally gives her an ultimatum to either cook for all of them or leave. She is so strict that M.K. is quickly up to rule 436 and counting.
What a wonderful story about how a man who is about to lose his life and won't accept a heart transplant. A young woman who is in love with someone and even after he 'postpones' the wedding twice still has faith that he will marry her. A story of how you can dislike someone and find out they aren't at all what they seem. What an encouragement to become an organ donor, as Amos always says, "What man calls Coincidences, God would call a miracle."
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BetsyGlen Ridge, NJAge: Over 65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Wonderful book!September 10, 2012BetsyGlen Ridge, NJAge: Over 65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5I loved it! Just finished it this weekend, and I'm reading the second book now.
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nelleIowaAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Surprise ending!May 19, 2012nelleIowaAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Most books, after a couple of chapters, you know how it is going to end. Not this one! I was really surprised on more than one front!
I got it as an ebook, for free! Which is a great price! I really enjoy the availability of free books. Cash is tight sometimes. Thank you CBD for this opportunity!
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