| Title | : | A Precious Christmas Gift (Redemption’s Amish Legacies #2) |
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| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
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| Publication | : | Published December 1, 2020 |
Unwed and heavily pregnant, Eve Shrock faces a difficult Christmas -- soon her baby will arrive and be adopted by another Amish family. Though Eve finds a friend in Noah Wiebe, the baby's uncle-to-be, she can't afford to fall for him. He might just make her wish for a future that seems impossible...one with her baby in her arms and Noah at her side.
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A Precious Christmas Gift (Redemption’s Amish Legacies #2) Reviews
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A Precious Christmas Gift is such an emotional story written by Patricia John's in her Redemption's Amish Legacy series. This story is so charged with many emotions. It brought me to tears in one part. This storyline moves at a great place keeping the reader turning pages. The characters are very likeable and realistic. I really enjoyed getting to know these characters. In this story the importance of family, friends, and forgiveness are very strong at Christmas.
Eva Schrock was drugged and abused at a part as a teenager and now has to deal with the consequences of becoming an unwed mother. With a plan in place to put her baby up for adoption she must choose just the right Amish family to raise her baby. With so many decisions looming over her the last thing she thought she wanted to do was make a friend. Noah Wiebe discovers Eva going thru donations for a family who lost everything in a fire and finds out she is a distant relative of the family. As they work together on the charity drive a special friendship developes. With Eva placing her baby up for adoption and returning home after there is no chance of anything more between them. The conclusion to this story is so heartbreaking for some and heartwarming for others.
I was not given a complimentary copy of this book to read and review. I was not approached to post a favorable response. All opinions expressed are my own. I have rated this story with five stars for meeting my expectations of a wonderful story that I can highly recommend to others.
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I have this book one star because I have never felt more offended about being English. And I don’t offend easily. The author made it sound like the English were horrible people and the Amish were perfect.
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A Precious Christmas Gift is an emotional read but true to life in what happened to Eve Schrock when she attended an Englischer party. She was sent to live with her aunt and choosing a family for her unborn child was not easy. Meeting Noah Wiebe at the donation sight for his friend and family gave way to some tense and tender moments. There are unexpected events that brought tears to my eyes at different times throughout this story. How will Eve decide which Amish family she wants to adopt her baby, when all she ever wanted was a husband and family?
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This is not a warm and cozy Christmas story. I can only imagine it was a hard story to write because it was a hard story to read; many things start tugging at your heartstrings all at once.
After being drugged and raped at an English party, Eve finds herself pregnant. She leaves her home community to give birth in secret and then give the child away.
One of the themes that surfaced in this book was the difficult theme of prejudice. Eve is oozing with all sorts of hard opinions about Englishers. At the same time, pregnant Eve herself is the object of Amish gossip and finger pointing. Because of the fear of being ostracized by her community as an unwed mother and her child being forever seen as illegitimate, Eve decides to give her baby to a perfect Amish family so he/she might grow up truly Amish, and so that Eve herself could have a chance at a proper Amish marriage.
But in Redemption, Eve's plans and prejudices collide with the Wiebe family -- really a collection of people with several ties to the English world and plenty of problems of their own.
By striking up friendship with Noah Wiebe, seeing the unconditional love and forgiveness given and received among the family, participating in caring for her ex-Amish cousin and his English family, Eve's prejudice starts to crumble. Falling in love with Noah and suffering the pain of letting go of her newborn baby upends every carefully laid out plan Eve ever had. She learns that what people may consider a mistake, God can turn into an incredible blessing.
Because of a number of sensitive and heart wrenching issues in this book, for me, it was a difficult book to read. I liked Eve, though. Even with her judgmental opinions, fears, her youth and inexperience, she is a good, real, round, and dynamic character. Anyone looking for a Christmas story with deep conflict, faith, and happy ending would like reading this book -
Enjoyable and Heart Wrenching
This was a very enjoyable read, but also a heart wrenching one. Eve's struggle was so real. Although this is a work of fiction, the way the author described Eve's feelings was so realistic. I could feel the pain that she felt with the decision she had to make. All the while, Noah stood by Eve's side befriending her, getting to know her better, and supporting her through everything.
I loved how Eve and Noah's journey unfolded, and the strength they had in their faith was so moving and inspirational. All of these elements made this a wonderful and moving story that I greatly enjoyed.
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Victim Blaming and Shaming is vile. It was bad enough that Eve was drugged and violated. The way that the God-fearing Christians treated her was disgusting. Pressuring her to give away her child that was born out of wedlock?! Amish are supposed to believe that all children are a blessing so why compound her trauma?!
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This was a real tearjerker. I can’t even imagine being put in the situation Eve was put in and all the advice she was given. Most of the advice was wrong. I can’t say more because I’d spoil it for the reader. I’m so glad I read the first book in this series. Although this is a stand alone book, I had a fuller understanding of the characters reading them in order.
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This is the 1st book I read by Patricia Johns. I loved ❤ this book's storyline. This book's storyline was sad 😞. I loved ❤ the Christian theme in this story. I loved ❤ Eve's character. I felt sorry for Eve. I loved ❤ Noah's character. I loved ❤ the ending. Awesome job Ms. Johns.
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Categories
Inspirational Romance, Contemporary Romance, Amish & Mennonite, Wholesome Romance
Miniseries
Redemption's Amish Legacies (Book #2) -
Categories
Inspirational Romance, Contemporary Romance, Amish & Mennonite, Wholesome Romance
Miniseries
Redemption's Amish Legacies (Book #2) -
A very good read. Lots of twists and turns.
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This book was victim shaming and judgement. Very unpleasant read.
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This isn't the best I've read but it's been a rough couple weeks and it got the job done. As in, it helped me escape for a little while.
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I loved this book!! Great story!! Glad that eve and Noah got their happy ending!! Love this author’s books!!
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Just finished this book about an hour ago. I just love this author and on my way to reading all her books. I find her books are just so good, comforting and I feel like I am at home as I read them. You must try them! Patricia Johns is a fantastic Canadian author!
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precious story I really enjoyed it
