Book Review: A Love Undone by Cindy Woodsmall

Book Review: A Love Undone by Cindy Woodsmall

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BOOK Review: A husband and son abandoned to forge a path alone. A young woman who sacrificed her dreams. How will the God of grace and hope help them find their way?

At the age of nineteen, Old Order Amish Jolene Keim was on the brink of happily-ever-after when everything changed, stealing her future she expected and burdening her with an unbearable decision. For the next ten years, Jolene threw herself into family life--and then she meets Andy Fisher. The horse trainer and father to a sweet nine year old challenges her and holds up a mirror to issues Jolene has been unwilling to face.

Andy is cautious about his deepening friendship with Jolene, but he believes she knows the truth about him--that he is a grass widower. As a man whose wife abandoned him six years ago, he is unable to divorce or remarry according to the Amish ways. Andy wrestled with God concerning his reality and he had found peace with the solitary future facing him...until he met Jolene.

As Andy and Jolene find themselves confronted by difficult choices, will they trust in  God's guidance--or will the allure of their deepening friendship only lead to further temptation?

My Review: Being a Cindy Woodsmall fan, I was very happy to see another of her books ready to review! It couldn't have come at a better time either! Requested in the fall and arriving with a cover of Jolene pictured on a gorgeous cover of autumn colors; yellow, gold, red...breathtaking! The cover should always draw you in :) This is actually a branch of another book that has to do with this family that I once read about. What young Amish woman could bear a tragedy as big as this and be able to go on with her everyday life? This is Jolene's dilemma and puts her on the fence with a huge lifelong decision. Once she has chosen her life, everything she has known changes, but could it be for the better? Leading her in the direction of Andy Fisher, one that she does not realize is a grass widower, and can never divorce or remarry, she begins to develop very deep feelings. Andy feels he cannot return the feelings and keeps his distance, but can it be done? As the two become very close friends while working together, and become even closer...will they be able to continue on this path? A forbidden one? Anxious to find out? Buy this book!