Alice B. reviewed An Amish Cradle: In His Father's Arms, A Son for Always, A Heart Full of Love, An Unexpected Blessing on + 3559 more book reviews
This book has 4 books in one, imagine 4 books for the price of one.
In his Father's Arms
Ruth Ann dreams of being a mother her whole life.At eighteen she and Levi marry and have their first child, a boy.But to their great disappointment he has Down syndrome. How will he work a farm or other job?The medical bills are over the moon, but an anonymous person is paying them,.No Amish in their community have that kind of money to pay the mongoloid baby's medical bills.. They name the Down's baby, Joshua. Ruth Ann stays home and take care of him. Her husband Levi becomes more and more remote. If. they were English they would be divorced.Both of them struggle with having a Down's Baby. the little mongoloid has heart, sight and hearing deficits and what else? Her friends husband,s go with them to baby DR. appointments, but Levi will not .Instead , Ruth Ann's mother accompanies her and the momgoloid baby. Ruth Ann and Levi's friend cut them off. and say inappropriate remarks.For example, why did not you get prenatal testing and have an abortion> No one would need to know, just you and your doctor.In fact, Ruth Ann's best friend did just that. So how do 19 year old Amish parents come to grips with a mongoloid baby?
A Son for Always, Amish Carolyn has a bastard child at 16 years old, The Amish dad flees.At 30 years old she marries Josh and 2 years later they and they have a baby girl.Carolyn feels that she must return to work to provide for her son Ben until she overhears conversation between Josh and Ben.
A Heart full of love- Ellie a blind Amish woman married gives birth to twin maids. Her mother stays to help, but Ellie is rude and ungrateful.Not until she discovers a secret in her mother's past does their relationship heal.
An unexpected blessing: No it is not the 8th Amish baby born to a menopausal mother who did not need the medical bills of. the unwanted baby maed. This family is losing their farm as well.Too many mouths to feed with an outdated skill Amish farming..One son comes back from the Mennonite world and the dad pushes him to stay and help him with the work of the losing job of farming.The son says no, this not my world, this backward world. However, the son has a way to save the Amish family's farm.He is a progressive and wise Mennonite.
In his Father's Arms
Ruth Ann dreams of being a mother her whole life.At eighteen she and Levi marry and have their first child, a boy.But to their great disappointment he has Down syndrome. How will he work a farm or other job?The medical bills are over the moon, but an anonymous person is paying them,.No Amish in their community have that kind of money to pay the mongoloid baby's medical bills.. They name the Down's baby, Joshua. Ruth Ann stays home and take care of him. Her husband Levi becomes more and more remote. If. they were English they would be divorced.Both of them struggle with having a Down's Baby. the little mongoloid has heart, sight and hearing deficits and what else? Her friends husband,s go with them to baby DR. appointments, but Levi will not .Instead , Ruth Ann's mother accompanies her and the momgoloid baby. Ruth Ann and Levi's friend cut them off. and say inappropriate remarks.For example, why did not you get prenatal testing and have an abortion> No one would need to know, just you and your doctor.In fact, Ruth Ann's best friend did just that. So how do 19 year old Amish parents come to grips with a mongoloid baby?
A Son for Always, Amish Carolyn has a bastard child at 16 years old, The Amish dad flees.At 30 years old she marries Josh and 2 years later they and they have a baby girl.Carolyn feels that she must return to work to provide for her son Ben until she overhears conversation between Josh and Ben.
A Heart full of love- Ellie a blind Amish woman married gives birth to twin maids. Her mother stays to help, but Ellie is rude and ungrateful.Not until she discovers a secret in her mother's past does their relationship heal.
An unexpected blessing: No it is not the 8th Amish baby born to a menopausal mother who did not need the medical bills of. the unwanted baby maed. This family is losing their farm as well.Too many mouths to feed with an outdated skill Amish farming..One son comes back from the Mennonite world and the dad pushes him to stay and help him with the work of the losing job of farming.The son says no, this not my world, this backward world. However, the son has a way to save the Amish family's farm.He is a progressive and wise Mennonite.
