Love Blooms in Morning Star
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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- $6.99
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Publisher Description
When five unmarried Amish maidels turn a ramshackle barn into a thriving business, their small Missouri town is energized by new opportunities. But the Morning Star Marketplace has also brought unexpected joy, as each woman finds her own true love . . .
As Jo Fussner keeps the Marketplace humming, her heart dances with a joyous secret. Jo and Michael Wengerd, a shy nursery owner from a nearby town, have fallen hopelessly in love. When Michael buys a courting buggy, Jo is sure a proposal will follow. But she’ll have to work hard to gain her mother’s approval—because the widowed Drusilla Fussner is convinced that marriage will bring her daughter nothing but heartache.
To win Jo’s hand, Michael enlists his father’s help in convincing Drusilla to give the marriage her blessing—and perhaps even open her heart to new happiness of her own. . . . But just as Jo and Michael’s hope for their future grows, an even bigger obstacle looms. The Amish elders vote to forbid any maidel from working once she marries. Now Jo must choose between the beloved store she’s put her heart into, and the man she can’t live without. Conflicted, Jo will have to trust that anything is possible when true faith guides the way . . .
Praise for the novels of Charlotte Hubbard:
“Hubbard firmly grounds the storyline in the principle of Amish grace.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Hubbard writes of healing and brave new beginnings from a refreshingly feminist perspective.”
—Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The satisfying fourth entry in Hubbard's Maidels of Morning Star series (after Christmas Comes to Morning Star) follows a mother compelled to reckon with her past after her daughter gets engaged. Jo Fussner, a young Amish woman, is thrilled when Michael Wengerd proposes to her, but her mother, Drusilla, remains bitterly opposed, haunted by the abuse she suffered from her late husband, Joe, and fearful that Jo will have to endure a similarly grueling marriage. Michael's widowed father, Nelson, has taken a liking to Drusilla despite her coldness toward him, and he prays for God to help him find the right words to assuage her anxieties about Jo's relationship with Michael. Meanwhile, the community's leadership questions whether married women should be allowed to continue working at the Amish marketplace that Jo helped establish. Jo announces that she's still single and intends to continue leading the market, causing Michael to think she no longer wants him and imperiling their future together, as well as Nelson's relationship with Drusilla. Readers will be bewildered by the insinuation during a pivotal scene that it's Drusilla's "attitude or expectations that need adjusting" regarding Joe forcing himself on her, souring an otherwise heartening portrait of overcoming trauma with faith. Overall, Amish inspirational fans will enjoy this story of forgiveness and new beginnings.
