Hopeful, Shelley Shepard Gray
Hopeful, Shelley Shepard Gray
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Hopeful
Return to Sugarcreek, Book One

Author: Shelley Shepard Gray

Narrator: Robynn Rodriguez

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/04/2014

Synopsis

In the Amish town of Sugarcreek, love comes in many forms. But will it come at all for Miriam?Miriam Zehr has worked at the Sugarcreek Inn longer than she cares to admit. The restaurant is a favorite of town residents as well as the many tourists who come to taste the famous Amish fare. Though she always tries to have a smile for every customer, deep down Miriam knows something's missing: a family of her own.Miriam has never felt particularly beautiful, especially because she's always been a bit heavier than other girls her age. When Junior, the man she's pined for all her life, suddenly seeks her out, she's thrilled to be noticed . . . until she realizes he's only asking her to help get the attention of Mary Kathryn Hershberger, her pretty friend. If Miriam helps Junior court Mary Kathryn, she'll get to spend a lot of time with him, but she might lose him in the process. Are these few stolen moments worth a lifetime of sacrifice? Is Miriam right to even hope for the life she dreams of?

About Shelley Shepard Gray

Shelley Shepard Gray is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time HOLT Medallion winner. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town’s bike trail.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristi on February 07, 2014

Miriam Zehr is a single Amish woman in her twenties. Even though she seems happy working at the Sugarcreek Inn she longs to be married and have her own family. She has liked Junior Beiler for as long as she can remember and is excited when he asks to see her. Miriam is in for quite the disappointmen......more

Goodreads review by Maggie on February 12, 2014

I was first attracted to this book because of the basic premise that closely resembled English courting, which is very different from what I see in the usual Amish fiction. Usually you don’t see the boy pursuing the girl as much as Junior goes after Mary Kate. This is what we usually see in much you......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on October 23, 2015

This book confused me. Several chapters in random chapters started to appear about a random chick named Judith. I also felt like the author went into a lot of detail about how certain characters were related. Then when the Judith chapters seemed to have nothing to do with the main storyline and star......more

Goodreads review by Lorraine on February 05, 2014

You won't be able to put this book down!!! The two main characters in this book are Miriam Zehr and Junior (Albert) Beiler. Miriam has a wonderful, giving spirit and is liked by everyone. She works as a cook and waitress at the Sugarcreek Inn and, though she is a hard worker, she just can never seem......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on October 04, 2014

Entering Sugarcreek, in Shelley Shepard Gray's Hopeful, we meet is Miriam Zehr, as she is rushing to work. How often we all find ourselves rushing and not seeing what God has blessed us with in our lives. Junior Beiler, laden with the responsibility of raising his 7 siblings after the early deaths o......more

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