{"id":849,"date":"2014-11-24T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/24\/book-review-a-dream-of-home\/"},"modified":"2014-11-24T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T18:23:00","slug":"book-review-a-dream-of-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/24\/book-review-a-dream-of-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: A Dream of Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When she moves to Amish country to find peace and healing, Madeleine finds a special community\u2014and a special man\u2014who pull her out of her solitude into a new life.<\/p>\n

Moving to Pennsylvania wasn\u2019t in Madeleine\u2019s original plans. She should still be in California and should have married her pilot fianc\u00e9 a year ago\u2014but death has a way of changing everything. Now the former Air Force flight nurse is living alone in Paradise, Pennsylvania, and working as a maid at the Lancaster Grand Hotel. She isn\u2019t exactly a widow . . . but she sure feels like one.<\/p>\n

Saul Beiler isn\u2019t exactly a widower . . . but his wife is long gone. His six-year-old daughter, Emma, doesn\u2019t know that her mother fled the Amish community\u2014and married another man\u2014but she does know that her dat is lonely, and that a pretty young maedel just moved in next door. Madeline\u2019s numb heart begins to thaw as she spends more time with the innocent and ever optimistic Emma. The stronger her friendship grows with the young girl, the more intrigued Madeline grows about the humble, strong, man raising her on his own.<\/p>\n

But even as a strange attraction pulls Saul and Madeleine across a stark cultural divide, they\u2014and everybody else\u2014have to wonder: What could they possibly have in common besides heartache? Will love allow Madeleine to finally find the home she\u2019s been dreaming of all along?<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/p>\n

Amy Clipston is the award-winning and best-selling author of the Kauffman Amish Bakery series. Her novels have hit multiple best-seller lists including CBD, CBA, and ECPA. Amy holds a degree in communication from Virginia Wesleyan College and works full-time for the City of Charlotte, NC. Amy lives in North Carolina with her husband, two sons, and four spoiled rotten cats.<\/p>\n

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\nLast night, I couldn’t quite fall asleep so I thought I would read for just a little bit. Three hundred and two pages later, I closed the book with a soft sigh and a wish that the next book was already out. It’s authors like Amy Clipston that keep my love for Amish fiction alive. Her characters come alive and by the end of the book, it’s like they’re old friends. I really cannot say enough good things about this book. If you haven’t read the others in the series, go and find them and then prepare yourself for a marathon reading session because once you start, you’re not going to want to put them down.<\/p>\n

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