This was an interesting book. Claire, a modern day young woman on summer
vacation, finds a badly beaten man, Sepp, in the ditch. Even though he’s a stranger Claire believes
his story about why he was shunned and left on the roadside to die. She takes him home and nurses him back to
health. As the days go by, a romantic
relationship forms between the two of them.
They are from two entirely different worlds and it’s entertaining to
read how Sepp, who was raised in an isolated religious community, tries to
adapt to modern day life. He’s quite
confused most of the time but tries to stay open minded and does his best to
make a place for himself in the modern world.
But this is more than just a light romantic read. It’s a look inside of a Mennonite-type community
who believes in the simple life. When
Sepp is shunned, never to return to Heinz Hollow, we wonder why the leader and
his wife have set him up. Was he getting
to close to finding out what was really going on when he started asking
questions? With Claire’s help, Sepp finds
others who have left the religious community and together the group steps in to
help when they discover corruption in Heinz Hollow.
As the story unfolds, Sepp is amazed at the dishonesty of
the leaders and a couple of the townspeople who won’t stop at anything to get
their way. Underlying evil threatens the
community and Sepp risks his life to go back there to warn his friends and
neighbors whose lives are in danger.
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