An Amish surprise

Resource Information

The work An Amish surprise represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

An Amish surprise

Statement of responsibility

Shelley Shepard Gray

Creator

• Gray, Shelley Shepard

Author

• Gray, Shelley Shepard

Subject

• Bookmobiles -- Fiction
• Christian fiction
• Christian fiction
• Fiction
• Foster children
• Foster children -- Fiction
• Librarians
• Librarians -- Fiction
• Man-woman relationships
• Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy -- Fiction
• Amish -- Fiction
• Berlin (Ohio) -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Christian fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"Miriam and Calvin Gingerich have been trying for a baby for several years, but the Lord hasn't seen fit to bless them. Though Calvin claims he's content with their childless state, Miriam knows he's not, and when he starts spending more time off their farm, she worries he's found someone else. But just as she finds herself at her lowest point, she discovers the ultimate surprise. Unable to confide in anyone who might tell Calvin--out of fear she'll disappoint him with another miscarriage--Miriam turns to bookmobile librarian Sarah Anne Miller--and any books she may have on pregnancy and childbirth. Calvin has been keeping a secret from his wife, but it's not another woman. It's a little boy. One afternoon when visiting Sarah Anne's bookmobile, he meets Miles, a ten-year-old living with a foster family down the road. But after spending more time with the boy, Calvin learns that his foster family has no plans to adopt him. Calvin feels a connection with Miles and yearns to give the boy a home, but he's afraid to tell Miriam, knowing she's devastated they can't have children of their own. As weeks pass and Sarah Anne learns that Miles has nearly given up hope of ever finding a real home, she knows it's time to intervene. It's going to take some fancy footwork and a whole lot of prayer, but she knows she can help make this struggling couple into a happy family of four."--

Member of

• The Berlin bookmobile series, 2

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3607.R3966

LC item number

A85 2021

Literary form

fiction

Series statement

The Berlin bookmobile series

Series volume

2