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you to Bethany House Publishing for a gifted copy of A Patchwork Past by Leslie Gould, All opinions are my own,

Do you ever pick up a book and have certain expectations I thought A Patchwork Past would be a light and fluffy Amish story.
. . which is exactly what I was looking forward to reading, This book was not light and fluffy but it did tell a very serious and well researched story.
The dual timelines both center around immigration,

Sophie's story takes place in the present, She grew up Amish and needs to return home to deal with her Lupus and rest, The author did a good job introducing an autoimmune disease that is pretty much invisible and sharing Sophie's fears that others may not believe she is sick.
While home she steps up to help a local immigrant family, Jane tells Sophie Mary's story which takes place in, It centers around the great Chicago fire and Irish immigrants,

One person can make a big difference in many lives if they are brave enough to step up and give a helping hand.


This is the second book in the Plain Patterns series, It worked as a standalone but I do wonder what I missed in the first book, Jane was my favorite character and I wanted to know more about her, The book deals with some very heavy subjects including ICE, detention camps, treatment of immigrants, etc,

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Release Date: March,A Patchwork Past by Leslie Gould is the second novel in the Plain Patterns series.
A Patchwork Past can be read as a standalone, I found A Patchwork Past to be a unique Amish novel, It is not like other Amish novels, I like how it tells two stories and ties them together, Sophie Deiner needs rest from a Lupus flareup and returns home to the family farm, She never felt that she fit into her Amish community, Jane, the owner of Plain Patterns, is kind to Sophie, While working on Janes garden and quilting, Jane tells her the story about Mary, a woman who traveled to Chicago with her father and ends up in the middle of the Great Chicago Fire in.
While at home, Sophie becomes involved in the lives of migrant family who work on the farm next to her family.
I was quickly drawn into the historical part of the tale, I wanted these sections to be longer, I thought A Patchwork Past was wellwritten with developed characters, The story moved along at a good pace, I could tell the author did her research for this book, I like how she incorporated the information into the story and wove parallels to Marys story, Both Sophie and Mary want to help people and do the right thing, Faith, friends, and family are woven throughout the story, I thought Sophies story will give people a better understanding of autoimmune diseases like Lupus and Fibromyalgia, Many people do not understand these diseases and, unfortunately, believe the person is faking it, I appreciated that we are given an epilogue that nicely wraps up the story, The author blended the various storylines together into one inspiring tale, An inspiring timeslip novel that draws the attention of readers to the plight of immigrants from any nation in any century.
The story alternates between presentday migrant farm workers and Irish immigrants to the United States in the lates.
The threads that connect the story are Amish farmers who want to live out their faith and help the needy.
The presentday heroine left her Amish home three years earlier but has returned for a short time to recuperate from an illness.
One of her favorite places to visit is Plain Patterns, a quilt shop near her family home, Jane Berger, who runs the shop, is the resident historian and storyteller, Sophie is drawn into a story about a young Amish woman who happened to be in Chicago with her father when the Great Chicago Fire started.
The young woman could not escape the horrible living conditions of the Irish immigrants who had settled in Chicago.
Meanwhile, Sophie is becoming increasingly aware of the way the migrant farm workers in her area, as well as other immigrants in the city where she now lives, are treated.
I enjoyed and appreciated the manner in which the author shines light on the way far too many people look on those who are different without taking the time to get acquainted and look for similarities.
The themes of faith, human compassion, charity, kindness, and fairness run through the story, I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher, This is my honest review, All opinions are strictly my own, I've read a lot of Amish fiction novels over the years, and A Patchwork Past is truly unlike anything I've read before.
I didn't personally read the first book, but I appreciated the fact that I never felt like I was missing out on anything by not doing so.
This one was unique in the fact that a lot of the story focuses outside of the Amish community on immigration and migrant workers, and it definitely added a unique spin to the story.


I wasn't expecting this to be a timeslip novel when I picked it up, and I loved that it was.
I always enjoy reading those kind of stories, and I especially loved how in this one the timeslip element is employed by the owner of Plain Patterns telling the main character Sophie a story about her relative's first hand experience with the Great Chicago Fire of.


Sophie's story is not easy to read as she's been hurt badly by a previous boyfriend, and wasn't offered any love or support from her Amish family or community.
She's now dealing with a Lupus diagnosis, and having to come home to the place she was sure she'd never return to.
She finds solace with Jane, the owner of the local quilt shop, and in helping an immigrant family working on a nearby farm when their oldest son is wrongly taken into custody.


While A Patchwork Past has many different stories and elements woven throughout it, I never found it confusing and I enjoyed how every element blends together into a beautiful story.
Amish fiction is one of my favorite genres, and I always appreciate when a story truly stands out among the others for its uniqueness.


I love learning tidbits of history I didn't know about from reading historical fiction, and that was an added bonus from picking this one up.
There's so much information included about the Chicago Fire, and I appreciated how much I was able to learn about that horrific time period in the city's history from picking this one up.




Overall, I ended up loving this one and will be highly recommending it, I'll definitely be going back and reading the first book now, and I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.


Final Rating:/.

Thanks so much to Bethany House for allowing me to advance read and review this!

I voluntarily read and reviewed a complimentary advance reader copy of this novel from the publisher Bethany House via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I was not required to give a positive review, All thoughts and opinions are my own, Sophie Deiner has to return to her parents home in Nappanee, Indianaa home she fled three years ago with no plans to return.
The reception she receives leaves no doubt in her mind that she shouldnt have come back, despite her doctors advice that she must rest.

Jane Berger, owner of a quilt shop, is one of the few people who seem happy to see her.
When Sophie meets a group of migrant workers at a local farm, shes torn between advocating for them and wishing to remain in the background.
As Jane relates the story of an Amish ancestor who helped survivors of the Chicago Fire of, told in sections throughout the novel, Sophies conscience is stirred to boldness.

A Patchwork Past gripped my attention from the beginning, Gould has written an absorbing novel about love and forgiveness, I loved this quote from the book: “A quilt told a story, but only a glimpse, Women, on the other hand, lived and breathed stories that could shape generations to come, ” This book is one of them,
I highly recommend A Patchwork PastI hated to see the story end!

My thanks to Bethany House and the author for my review copy.

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