Sadie Kuhns has a lot happening in her life. She is creating a unique quilt by blending a traditional Amish pattern with a Hawaiian pattern as a tribute to her time spent in the islands, and she is working on a self-published book. But her relationship with Wyman Kauffman has stagnated after six months of courtship. He can’t seem to commit to a profession that would secure a future, and he is jealous of the time Sadie gives to her own pursuits. Is there really any reason to drag this courtship out? Only time will tell in this new novel from New York Times bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter, writing with her daughter-in-law Jean Brunstetter.
...my thoughts...
I enjoyed reading the Blended Quilt by Wanda and Jean Brunstetter. The Amish people are set apart from the world we live in with their plain lifestyle. However set apart their world is from us, human nature prevails. Behind those prayer caps and black suspenders are people who live and love just as we do.
Sadie wants to marry Wyman and although he loves her, his inability to settle into one job is cause for concern. I thought he was a selfish young man who seemed to have everything handed to him by his parents, including a good job that he felt was beneath him. Sadie, for her part, decides to move on and busies herself with her quilting. A talented quilter, she is encouraged to write her book on quilting. What starts out as a project to share her love of the art of quilting with others turns into a living room filled with boxes of books it is up to her to sell. Sell she does on a whirlwind book tour that opens both Sadie and Wyman's eyes to what is really important.
If you like books that are encouraging and uplifting, I recommend The Blended Quilt. It represents much more than a quilt patterned after both plain and Englisch styles. It represents finding that what we really want may be closer than we realize.
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