What is the Postcard From Beverly Lewis About is This a Continuing Story From the Missing Book
Book Review of "The Postcard" by Beverly Lewis
Please note: this review is ONLY MY THOUGHTS and OPINIONS on the book. Feel free to leave a comment if there is something you would like to add or tell your opinion but please do not leave a comment criticizing my review.
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"This is a tender novel about redemption and discovery as two people from different worlds are forced to rely on one another to uncover a long kept secret.
Rachel Yoder, a New Order Amish woman, lost her husband, son, and unborn child in a tragic accident two years ago. Now, returning to her aging parents with her young daughter, she has resigned herself to the life of a widow. With a subdued but cheerful heart she helps her family run a bed-and-breakfast in a quaint Lancaster county town.
Philip Bradley, a world-weary journalist from New York City on assignment in Lancaster to write an article on the Amish community, is a lodger at the Yoder's B&B. A chance discovery by Philip of a postcard written in illegible Pennsylvania Dutch in the dresser of his room sets off a series of events that leads him into the heart of the Amish life and to the bedside of a mysterious woman known as "The Storyteller."
With the postcard as a link to a haunted past, the woman gradually weaves a riveting tale as old as herself about a community shuttered in secrecy, shattered by betrayal.
Fascinated by the story, Philip's and Rachel's lives become inevitably intertwined despite the attempts of the community to protect her from the outsider. Torn by devotion to the people she loves and the awakening feelings in her heart, Rachel searches her past to restore old wounds in order than new love might grow."
Description from www.amazon.com
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Ok, so yesterday I read "The Postcard" (Amish Country Crossroads #1) by Beverly Lewis. If you like "The Shunning" by Beverly Lewis you'll love this book. Almost from the beginning I was hooked. Mainly because I like Amish books, and I like mystery books. Though, this book isn't your average mystery. It's about a mysterious postcard an "Englischer" finds in an old desk at an Amish Bed & Breakfast.
I thought Beverly Lewis did a good job with this book. There weren't many dull moments to it and there weren't any places where she was just trying to add words. She kept you guessing for sure. There was a good twist that kind of shocked you at the end.
I loved the characters of Philip, Rachel, and Annie. And she described the perspective of a magazine reporter/writer very well, I thought. She done a very good job of keeping the readers interest. I was excited to hurry and finish this book so that I can read the next one "The Crossroads".
I loved the fact that even though Annie's mother, Rachel, was blind she more than willing to help out her mother, describing everything she saw for her. Helping Rachel to see the world through her eyes.
There is talk throughout the book of powwow doctors. That may be offensive to those of you who do not agree with the practice. There are some characters through the book who are struggling within themselves as to whether or not the practice of powwow doctors are gifts or if they are a curse. Obviously, Gabe thought the practice is wrong and, in result of that, was shunned. Rachel is following in her uncle's footsteps and believe that it is, as the book says, "workings of the kingdom of darkness". The community is divided on this subject. Rachel is firm against it (in the end), and her mother and father, throughout the book, are head-over-heels for it.
The book is a good book, I enjoyed the reading. There weren't any 'inappropriate' scenes i.e. drugs, sex scenes, language, smoking, drinking, etc. It wasn't overly long but it definitely left room for something more to happen between Rachel and Philip, hence book #2 "The Crossroads". If you would like to purchase this book for yourself you can do that here.
My rating:
(3 out of 5)
Note: I do not own any rights nor do I have any type of affiliations with author or publishing company.
Happy reading,
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