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    The Letters: A Novel
    The Letters: A Novel
    The Letters: A Novel
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Letters: A Novel

    Written by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Narrated by Amy McFadden

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Welcome to a place of unconditional love and unexpected blessings.

    When widow Rose Schrock turns her Amish farmhouse into a bed and breakfast, she expects there might be problems. The reaction of her cantankerous mother-in-law for one. Disapproval from the church for another. But what she doesn’t expect is that the guests at the Inn at Eagle Hill will spill their problems into her life and into her heart. She also never expects the kind of help and support she gets from Galen King, the quiet and rugged horse trainer next door. Love, Rose discovers, can bloom in the most unexpected ways.

    With inspiration from a true story and her signature plot twists, bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher invites you back to Stoney Ridge for a fresh story of simple pleasures and strong faith in a complex world.

    “I devoured The Letters in one sitting. Suzanne Woods Fisher weaves a cast of authentic characters, real-life problems, and a beautiful setting into a sweet and satisfying story. I can’t wait for the second in the series! —Leslie Gould, Christy Award–winning and bestselling author of Adoring Addie

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 1, 2013
    ISBN9781480512306
    The Letters: A Novel
    Author

    Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Suzanne Woods Fisher is the award-winning, bestselling author of more than forty books, including The Sweet Life, The Secret to Happiness, and Love on a Whim, as well as many beloved contemporary romance and Amish romance series. She is also the author of several nonfiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace and Amish Proverbs. She lives in California. Learn more at SuzanneWoodsFisher.com and follow Suzanne on Facebook @SuzanneWoodsFisherAuthor and X @SuzanneWFisher.

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    • 5/5
      This is such a fabulous story! It is one showing the death of characters both good & bad. Love wins!
    • 4/5
      Rose Schrock has lost a lot over the past couple of years. Her husband's previously successful, respectable investment business adopted riskier strategies to remain successful in an economic downturn, and ended by sinking into bankruptcy and ruin, with the SEC asking pointed and unpleasant questions. When they could no longer continue financially, her husband's mother takes in their whole family, in the farmhouse he grew up in--but with a condition. This Mennonite family must return to the Old Order Amish faith in which he and she were both raised. They do it, and have a level of security, but then he abruptly dies in circumstances that might or might not be suicide.

      It's a shock for the five children, both their younger three together and his two from his first marriage, and Rose is left struggling to pay off her late husband's debts, care for her cranky mother-in-law, and support her family. On top of all this, the eldest son, Tobe, who had worked with his father, has disappeared.

      Rose needs to turn things around, and a chance encounter with an "English" couple, i.e., not Amish, needing a place to stay in town for a night or two leads her to the idea of turning the old farmhouse into a bad & breakfast inn.

      Rose's mother-in-law, Vera, is appalled. Older daughter Bethany thinks it's crazy, while younger daughter Miriam thinks it might work. The twin boys are too young to really have an opinion. Neighbor Galen King helps her do the conversion of the finished basement into guest quarters.

      They're all in for a year of revelations and changes.

      What's key in this book is the development of the characters. Rose, Vera, Bethany, and Miriam, along with Galen King and his apprentice horse trainer, all have a lot to learn about their own and each other's strengths and weaknesses. Those lessons don't come only from each other, or from other Amish. The Amish and the "English" who come to stay at the Inn at Eagle Hill have a lot to learn from each other. It's worthy of note that Fisher does this without either sappiness or disrespect for either basic viewpoint. It's a warm, enjoyable story that shows some faith in human nature as well as in God.

      Recommended.

      I received this audiobook as a gift, and am reviewing it voluntarily.
    • 3/5
      While this book isn't a novel that I would rank on my list of favorites, it still is a good read. Rose puts up with a lot! Her mother-in-law--OY! Wow. I'm not sure I'd have the stamina to put up with that character day in and day out. But towards the in, you do feel sympathy towards her.

      Delia sounds like a woman I'd love to have as a friend. She had a lot on her plate and I think she handled it as well as any woman could, given the circumstances. Running off to Amish country sounds extreme, but when your husband is a jerk and you have a cancer diagnosis staring at you in the face, it's hard NOT to want to disappear!

      All in all, a very good book.
    • 5/5
      A Place Where Miracles Happen!I am a huge fan of author Suzanne Woods Fisher. This book did not disappoint me at all. I really enjoyed getting to know the characters in this book. It wasn’t hard to fall in love with them, even the sharp tongue Mammi Vera. What caught my interest right from the start was the back and forth between the Amish world and the English world. Both worlds had plenty of obstacles to overcome. We know that God allows us to go through illnesses, heart breaks, and devastation. We also know that God has promised to go through them with us.There are choices to be made, people to love, pasts to leave behind and forgiveness to extend. This is a book that will tug on your heartstrings and allow you to dream about a place called, The Inn at Eagle Hill.I highly recommend that you pick up a copy today. You will be glad you did!
    • 2/5
      This book was just ok to me. For a title like The Letters, I was expecting more letters.

      This book was about Rose and her family with a few neighbors thrown in.

      I am a huge fan of Suzanne and this book just did not do it for me. It did not hold my interst nor do I learn to care about the characters.
    • 5/5
      The Letters by Suzanne Woods Fisher was a great book. It was an easy read and to be honest it is right in line with the books I have been loving lately. This book you follow along with Rose as she tries to make a living after her husband's death. I really loved Rose and how hard she worked to take care of everything and also how she wanted to make good on her husbands promises to people even though she didn't know how she was going to do it. I don't want to say more because I don't want to give anything away but I can't wait til the other books come out in this series because I am dying to see what happens next!
    • 4/5
      Amish fiction has a special place in my heart. And Suzanne Woods Fisher is one of the authors I look for when I want to read a book in this genre. The Letters is the first book in her new series entitled The Inn At Eagle Hill. It takes place in Stoney Ridge Pennsylvania, which is also the setting of her other series, Stoney Ridge Seasons. I absolutely loved this series, and was thrilled to return to this quaint community once again.The Letters centers around the story of the Schrock family. Her husband has recently passed away after a suspicious drowning, and Rose Schrock is left with the debt from his bad business decisions, as well as four children to raise on her own. While in the grocery store one day, she overhears a couple talking about having no place to stay in town. Rose graciously offers to have the couple stay with her. The couple gladly accepts her offer. After their stay they pay her $100 and tell her that they are going to recommend her farm to everyone they know. She suddenly gets an idea to turn her farmhouse into a Bed and Breakfast. Nobody in her family is pleased with this decision, and neither is the church, but her neighbor and friend, Galen King, thinks that it is a good idea, and offers to help her convert the basement into some rooms for guests.After the farm is remodeled and ready, Rose gets her first guest by the name of Delia, an older "English" woman needing somewhere to go to try to find some solace from a deteriorating life and marriage. Rose does all she can to help her regain her faith, and thus begins the story of how she too begins to recapture her own life as well.This was a beautifully written tale of the power of faith. I found it to be a nurturing and inspirational story, just like all the other books by this author. I also was pleased that Suzanne included many of the characters from Stoney Ridge Seasons in this book as well. Reading these book series are like visiting good friends that live far away - it is always good to go back.I highly recommend the books of Suzanne Woods Fisher to anyone who enjoys reading Amish fiction. Her stories are always filled with hope and inspiration, and leave the reader feeling uplifted.I received this e-book from NetGalley in return for an honest review.
    • 5/5
      I am amazed at Susanne’s insightful writings of the Amish way of life. Bringing a lifestyle hundreds of years old into the modern world can not be easy...and though she would be the first to admit that there are many interests we have the same as they do – the fundamentals of cooking and baking, sewing and other handwork, gardening and so on, many of the things we take for granted are totally foreign to the Amish way of life. Through their contact with tourists in their towns, stores and businesses they do see and hear more of those things that are part of our lives, though using them would definitely be outside the scope of acceptability. The inner temptations of reaching for something not meant for us, as well as attaining the virtues and graces would be the same, and being told against the backdrop of a simpler life than I live gives me a chance to look at the enticements that come at me. And this is why I read Amish books, because I love reading about instead of living a life devoid of electricity, motorized vehicles and telephone and how they cope without these.I received The Letters by Susanna Woods Fischer free from Amy Lathrop at Litfuse Communications Group in exchange for an honest review. A positive critique was not required. The opinions are my own.
    • 5/5
      Such a wonderful story, that I never wanted it to end, and as it is book one, I can't wait for the next.We are back in Pennsylvania, and are with Rose Schrock, and her family. They are living with her cantankerous Mother-In-Law. She is one grouchy person, and seems to enjoy doing so. On another hand she is laid up and cannot use her body like her mind wants her to. According to her doctors, she has had several strokes.Rose is caught between a rock and a hard place, her husband has died, and she hasn't any money. She has been a Mom to his her husbands first two children, from his first wife, and she a two sons and a daughter. That keeps her very busy.There are some bright spots in this story, and some that a actually quite funny. Some people come here in great pain, but the calming effects of their surroundings and the people, seem to help a great deal. There is even a fellow interested in Rose, Galen, her next door neighbor. He is such a giving person, and tries to help Rose out....actually a lot!There are a few other people here that we meet and also want to be friends with. Come along and journey into the real home life of some wonderful Amish folks. You also won't want to leave.I received this book through Litfuse Publicity Blog Tours, and was not required to give a positive review.
    • 5/5
      With this book Fisher begins a new series, The Inn at Eagle Hill. The wonderful news is that many of the characters from her previous novels appear in tangential roles in this book so reading it is like encountering some old friends in an unexpected place. Rose Schrock, the book's main character, lost her husband when he committed suicide after his investment business failed. They had moved back to his mother's farm and resumed their Old Order Amish ways after having been Mennonites during their married life. Desperate to provide for her family, Rose decides to open an inn by converting the basement into a suite for guests. Her bachelor neighbor, Galen King, helps her with the remodeling project and with many other situations in her life. Will they get together as a couple? What about Rose's daughter and the irrepressible Jimmy Fisher? Lots of questions, not all of which will be answered since this is part one of a trilogy. Great reading with lots of humorous moments!