The Amish Seamstress by Mindy Starns Clark

Caught in the swirling dynamics of Zed's family once she become caregiver for his grandmother, can Izzy learn from the past and from others' mistakes? Or must she step out in faith and forge a future all her own? Izzy has always enjoyed hearing what they have to say-until the day one of them shares some unsavory news about her own ancestors.Īs Izzy searches for the truth behind that lore, she soon begins to question her life-her creative longings, her relationships, and her heritage. She's also a talented seamstress and often sits with her patients, quietly sewing, as they talk and reminisce about the past. Izzy works as a caregiver, a job which suits her gentle ways and kind spirit. Worse, he's completely unaware that she's in love with him. About the only person who really 'gets' Izzy is her best friend, Mennonite-raised Zed Bayer, but soon he'll be leaving for college, hundreds of miles away. Download the bookclub questions (pdf).Ī shocking family secret, hidden for 200 years.Ī loner and a daydreamer, Amish-raised Izzy Mueller doesn't fit in with her family nor her community. Will their dreams of a life together completely unravel? Or can she find some way to stitch them back together again? But when an astonishing truth comes to light, Linda faces a grave decision, one that could destroy any hope of a future with Isaac. With Isaac's help, she explores the story of her late grandmother, also a gifted artist.

As they bond over their respective crafts, Linda is drawn to Isaac's kind ways, humble spirit, and intriguing personality, and soon the seams of her carefully-constructed world begin to loosen. Idealistic to a fault, Linda has never found a man worth marrying-until she meets Isaac Mast, a newcomer to Lancaster County and a talented painter. Linda Mueller lives an orderly, uneventful existence, content to divide her time between creating the beautiful quilts for which she is known and working at an Englisch fabric shop. the life-changing revelation that threatens to tear them apart.

The Amish Seamstress by Mindy Starns Clark