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Going Home (Brides of Webster County, Book 1)

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In "Going Home," Wanda Brunstetter has once again transported her readers to a kinder, more gentle way of life. "Going Home" tells the story of Faith Stutzman Andrews, a young woman who was raised Amish but left everything she knew to pursue her dreams in the modern world. Now a widow with a young daughter to raise, Faith retuns to Missouri to live with her Amish family with one goal in mind, only to find her life taking one unexpected turn after another. As she examines her heart, Faith finds her intial goal is forgotten and replaced by what truly matters most to her.

Wanda Brunstetter has a rare gift. Her characters are "real" and we can all relate to the situations they find themselves in -- fear of rejection by those we love; perseverance in times of trial; faith and prayer in times of uncertainty. Ms. Brunstetter leaves her readers enveloped in a blanket of hope and a feeling of spiritual refreshment at the end of "Going Home."

I loved the "surpise" recipe at the end of the book as much as the book itself, and can't wait for the next book in the series!

I really enjoyed this book. Can't wait for the next one. We pass the book around and everyone loved the book.

Faith left home at eighteen to follow her dream of country type performing on the stage, mostly by yodeling and joke telling. The man she married was more agent than husband, but he kept her busy. Along came a little daughter who was rather dragged from motel to stage, to sitters and back to the motel. Not an ideal way to raise a little girl.

When Faith's husband is killed suddenly, she is forced to make a decision, and decides to take her little girl home to the Plain people, get her settled, then leave for the stage again. In the meantime, she must dress, act and try to pass as Amish.

Now twenty eight years old, Faith struggles with the questions her parents keep asking her about church. Since she knows she is not staying, she does not intend to join the church. Some of her old friends and family are quite understanding of her circumstances,her mother finally comes around, but her father stays aloof, gruff and less lovable than she would like.... however she has told no one she plans to leave again.

Noah is an unusual sort of Amish man. He prefers baking to farm work, and has such low self esteem he is sure no woman will ever want him as husband. However, he is a jewel, a real Christian, wholesome man, and befriends Faith. The reader falls in love with Noah as well!

This book drags a bit, with not much depth, but it is a light, happy story of which younger girls would probably enjoy reading.

Just the day Faith intends to tell the family and her daughter of her plans to leave, her mother surprises her with a horribly strict ultimatum which really bothered me, and she walks in the barn to hear her eight year old daughter yodeling and telling her audience of kittens that someday she is going to be an entertainer on the stage just like her Mommy. Obviously, heart broken and feelings all mixed up, Faith makes a huge decision.

I am anxious for the next book. Thank you Wanda for an easy reading, simple little love story, pure and sweet.

I love a book that lets you escape the day to day trials and enter a new world. Wanda Brunstetter paints a picture that is easy to read and follow. I recommend this book to anyone(and all her books so far!). Whether a teenage girl or a great-grandmother, you are sure to enjoy it!

The writing skill was as if you were living within the book. The characters play well on your mind as to what they will do next. Suspense holds you to the end! Brunstetter is an awesome author.

I love reading about the Amish and I believe Mrs. Brunstetter's books are the best! Going Home is a great book that I would recommend to anyone. One of the reasons I love this book is because it shows a softer side of the Amish, especially the men. Some people think the Amish are unforgiving when it comes to family members leaving the Faith, but this book proves that to be a wrong assumption. It also shows how an Amishman can farm or do any other "man's work" and still love to do other things, such as baking.

I love to use Mrs. Brunstetter's books as a witness to my non Christian loved ones.

I'm never disappointed when I pick up a book from Wanda Brunstetter. Her account of the Amish faith is so accurate. I enjoyed Going Home; it shows how important family ties are. I also read On Her Owna and Dear to me fromt he Webster County Series. I can't wait for the final book.

My parents were both raised Amish and left when they married. I still enjoy reading about the Amish....especially the way Wanda brings families to life.

In a unique way, Brunstetter takes the characters in Going Home and gives them a twist that one might not expect to see in a novel based in an Amish community. A young widowed woman, Faith, who has left the fold to explore the English world, has come home with her six-year-old daughter, but not to stay. She continues to be enamored with the world of entertainment and wants only a good home for her daughter. A young man, Noah, who prefers to bake over farming seems to be the disappointment of his father. Yet, the scripture verses he attaches to each baked gift uplift the recipient showing him that he is doing the Lord's work. Can these two people from the same background, yet from completely different worlds, find love that the Lord has intended for them? In another brilliant story, Brunstetter brings the reader into the Amish world as the lives of the characters unfold before your eyes.

Wanda is trying but her books are not very good. Comparing them to Beverly Lewis is the problem because Beverly is SOOOO good. Wanda's books were dry, unemotional, rushed and shallow. Many of the plots don't make sense and a lot of what is done would never happen in an Amish community or home. She needs to get inside her characters a LOT more. I also found a lot of errors in grammar and typos in the text in all the books of hers i have read. I have never seen so many errors. This tells me they are rushing her to write and rushing everything to print to make a buck and trying to capitalize off of Beverly Lewis' excellent success writing about the Amish.
I read Wanda's books out of boredom and waiting for the next Bev Lewis to come out. It wasn't worth the $13.00 but if you can get them for free at the library and you have some time to kill AND you truly cannot find anything else to read (how about some Jane Austen?)... then go for it but don't expect much.

Loved loved loved this book. Great storyline well written. She is without a doubt my favorite author. Cant wait to read the next one.