"Mending Fences"
by Suzanne Woods Fisher
by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.
Luke Schrock is a new and improved man after a stint in rehab, though everyone in Stoney Ridge only remembers the old Luke. They might have forgiven him, but nobody trusts him.
Amos and Fern Lapp allow Luke to live at Windmill Farm under two conditions. First, Luke must make a sincere apology to each person he's hurt--a four-page, single-spaced list. Second, he must ask each victim of mischief to describe the damage he caused.
Simple, Luke thinks. Offering apologies is easy. But discovering the lasting effects his careless actions have caused . . . that isn't so simple. It's gut-wrenching.
And his list keeps growing. Izzy Miller, beautiful and frustratingly aloof, also boards at Windmill Farm. Luke's clumsy efforts to befriend Izzy only insult and annoy her. Eager to impress, Luke sets out to prove himself to her by locating her mother. When he does, her identity sends shock waves through Stoney Ridge.
Bestselling and award-winning author Suzanne Woods Fisher returns to her beloved Stoney Ridge for this brand-new series featuring some of her readers' favorite characters.
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This is a novel of faith, grace and recovery. Luke Schrock was raised Amish but has strayed from his Amish teachings and has been in rehab many times. Not yet having joined the Amish faith, he is being told by his counselor to return to Stoney Ridge where people don't remember him in the best circumstances. He is to apologize to the people he has wronged and ask them how his "pranks" have affected them.
Also in Stoney Ridge is a girl named Izzy whom Luke knows from his rehab sessions. She is planning on becoming Amish, she is also trying to find her birth mother, who made her a ward of the state when she was very young. Izzy and Luke have struggled with the same issues of abandonment, forgiveness and redemption. Both turned to alcohol to solve their problems. Both must learn to accept God's unconditional love for them. As they accept God's love can they find love for each other?
I received a complementary copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
Luke Schrock is a new and improved man after a stint in rehab, though everyone in Stoney Ridge only remembers the old Luke. They might have forgiven him, but nobody trusts him.
Amos and Fern Lapp allow Luke to live at Windmill Farm under two conditions. First, Luke must make a sincere apology to each person he's hurt--a four-page, single-spaced list. Second, he must ask each victim of mischief to describe the damage he caused.
Simple, Luke thinks. Offering apologies is easy. But discovering the lasting effects his careless actions have caused . . . that isn't so simple. It's gut-wrenching.
And his list keeps growing. Izzy Miller, beautiful and frustratingly aloof, also boards at Windmill Farm. Luke's clumsy efforts to befriend Izzy only insult and annoy her. Eager to impress, Luke sets out to prove himself to her by locating her mother. When he does, her identity sends shock waves through Stoney Ridge.
Bestselling and award-winning author Suzanne Woods Fisher returns to her beloved Stoney Ridge for this brand-new series featuring some of her readers' favorite characters.
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This is a novel of faith, grace and recovery. Luke Schrock was raised Amish but has strayed from his Amish teachings and has been in rehab many times. Not yet having joined the Amish faith, he is being told by his counselor to return to Stoney Ridge where people don't remember him in the best circumstances. He is to apologize to the people he has wronged and ask them how his "pranks" have affected them.
Also in Stoney Ridge is a girl named Izzy whom Luke knows from his rehab sessions. She is planning on becoming Amish, she is also trying to find her birth mother, who made her a ward of the state when she was very young. Izzy and Luke have struggled with the same issues of abandonment, forgiveness and redemption. Both turned to alcohol to solve their problems. Both must learn to accept God's unconditional love for them. As they accept God's love can they find love for each other?
I received a complementary copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.