Amy Clipston's "The Courtship Basket: An Amish Heirloom Novel"

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Canada on Aug 11, 2022

J L C: The Courtship Basket is the 2nd book in the Amish Heirloom Series.

The story starts with Rachel Fisher, who has been dating David Beiler for the past 4 years. However she over hears a conversation between David and her best friend Sharon and finds out they have secretly been dating and are in love with each other . Devastated, Rachel confronts them and ends her relationship with David.

Rachel's cousin Malinda invites her to come and be her assistant teaching in a special needs Amish school for children that need more help with learning. Rachel starts working with A new student John Lantz . John's older brother Mike is taking care of him and their critically ill father. Mike and Rachel get off on the wrong foot with each other. Then Rachel finds out why John is not getting much attention at home and not progressing. Rachel feels bad for her quick judgment. Rachel decides to start taking meals over to the Lantz home to help out. She finds an old picnic basket that she found in her mothers hope chest that belonged to her grandmother to pack the meals in. On the inside of the lid is a scripture added by her dad. The story then evolved in the growing relationship between...

United States on May 26, 2017

cherese akhavein: This is the second in the Amish heirlooms series but Amy Clipston "The Courtship Basket"
Rachel Fisher is excited to start planning her own wedding after dating her boyfriend David for four years, however during her older sisters (Veronica's ) wedding she stumbles a crossed David and her best friend (Sharon) since they were small girls talking about David breaking up with her since David and Sharon have been secretly seeing each other. Now devastated Rachel takes a job with her cousin Malinda at the school for children that need extra help, in the hopes it will help her heal her broken heart.
Mike Lantz is a young man with overwhelming responsibilities, her takes care of her six year old brother, works full time and takes care of his father who has a serious health illness and is going through kidney dialysis dialysis three times a week. When Mike moves John to the special school Rachel takes an immediate interest in Jonny and makes it her special project to help Jonny to improve in school, what she did not plan on is the attraction to Mike.
Mike can not let himself get close to Rachel, Rachel is determined to help Mike and Jonny and mike's father during this difficult...

United States on Apr 22, 2017

lighthouse88: This series starts with a novel titled, The Friendship Recipe. The oldest daughter of Fisher family, Veronica, deals with her grief by baking. Through that endeavor Veronica overcomes her grief and falls in love again. In this installment, Rachael Fisher is shocked and heartbroken when the man she was going out with for four years does the unexpected. Rachael doesn’t think she can go on with her heart in shreds and now with time on her hands what will she do?
Rachael becomes a school teacher in a small class that is meant to help kids who need extra help with their various studies. What happens next is a story of a heart mended, faith, family and a woman’s love for a man who thinks no one could ever accept him. Each novel in the series has an element of mystery in it as another piece is revealed as to why the mother in the Fisher family keeps her hope chest locked at all times. Little by little her daughters are finding clues of something that happened their mother’s past, but she refuses to tell them.
These Amish stories don’t highlight the Amish life while downplaying the non-Amish and I like that aspect. I like it that characters reflect real people who have to...

United States on Jan 16, 2017

Cecilia Reeves: The story opens with the middle Fisher daughter, Rachel, at her sister Veronica's wedding. She has been dating her boyfriend, David Beiler for the last four years. We learn a little in the first book that there has been recent tension between Rachel and David, but she is hoping that he will propose soon. Rachel is on her way to find David, when she hears two people talking to the side of the house. Upon goes to investigate, she finds David with her friend Sharon who admit that hey have secretly been seeing each other behind her back. Rachel is asked to take a position teaching at the local special school for Amish children along side her cousin, Malinda.
Rachel begins working with a new student, John Lantz. John’s father, Raymond is extremely ill and Mike, his brother, is taking care of them. Rachel and Mike get off on the wrong foot, when Rachel disobeys school board protocol and goes to visit Mike directly to talk about John's lack of progress. To make it up to Mike and his family, Rachel sends a meal to the family in her grandmother's picnic basket which includes a handwritten Bible verse (2 Corinthians 1:7) added by her father. The book follows Mike and Rachel's...

United States on Nov 07, 2016

Amazon Customer: A great book kept me in suspense loved it

Canada on Oct 24, 2016