When Grace Sings
Kim Vogel Sawyer
WaterBrook Press, Mar 17 2015, $14.99
ISBN: 9780307731333
Chicago-based Real Scoop editor Ken assigns
reporter Briley Forrester to look behind the kind pious façade of the
Amish-Mennonite communities featured in their rival Illinois Times. Briley heads to Arborville, Kansas believing when
he uncovers the dirt he will be rewarded by becoming a featured journalist at
the tabloid rather than a minor player buried in the middle of the rag. In Arborville, Briley stays at Alexa
Zimmerman’s Grace Notes Bed and Breakfast.
He learns she is not Old Order Mennonite but lives their lifestyle as
her adopted mom Suzanne (see When Mercy Rains) is. Attracted to each other, the guest and the
hostess share in common childhood abandonment issues.
Steven Brungardt and Anna-Grace Braun are
engaged. However, he recently inherited
his late grandfather’s farm in Arborville.
Though he prefers to be a teacher, he considers working the land to
please his parents and his fiancée. However,
having learned that her biological parents reside in Arborville, Anna-Grace has
doubts about relocating there as she does not want to meet them.
The second Zimmerman Restoration family drama is
an exhilarating entry due to a three-dimensional ensemble cast. Although like its predecessor the pleasant
storyline lacks closure, When Grace
Sings is a well-written novel that leaves the audience wanting the final story
released yesterday.
Harriet Klausner
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