The First Love

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Pub Date Sep 04 2018 | Archive Date Oct 15 2018
Bethany House | Bethany House Publishers
Religion & Spirituality

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It's the summer of 1951, and Maggie Esh is in need of some hope. Sweet-spirited and uncommonly pretty despite struggling with chronic illness, she is used to being treated kindly by the young men of her Old Order Amish church district. Yet Maggie wishes she were more like other courting-age girls so she could live a normal, healthy life.

To make matters more complicated, Dat has recently remarried, less than a year after her mother died. And while her stepmother is kind, Rachel is much younger than Mamm, and she simply doesn't understand Maggie or her illness the way Mamm did.

When tent revival meetings come to the area, Maggie is curious, and the words of the Mennonite preacher challenge her to reconsider what she knows about faith. Can she learn to trust God even when hope seems a distant dream?

It's the summer of 1951, and Maggie Esh is in need of some hope. Sweet-spirited and uncommonly pretty despite struggling with chronic illness, she is used to being treated kindly by the young men of...

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ISBN 9780764219689
PRICE $17.00 (USD)
PAGES 304

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In The First Love Maggie longs to be like the other girls in the way of courting. With changes happening in her life she struggles but with the help of a revival meeting she changes her way of thinking.

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I have been reading Beverly Lewis' books for many years. I enjoyed this one as well especially about the tent revival, as my grandmother and great aunt talked about when they used to attend them. This gave me a little more insight into their history with tent revivals.

This story is about Maggie and her crippling illness as well as her family and all their struggles. Their strong faith and support of each other is what carries them through.

I received a digital copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest review.

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