The Rainbow's End: Nurse Hal Among The Amish - Softcover

Risner, Fay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982459521 ISBN 13: 9780982459522

Publisher: Fay Risner, 2010

Synopsis

Fay Risner, in Book Two of her Amish series, links the modern world to the timeless Amish way of life when Nurse Hallie Lindstrom falls in love with Amish widower John Lapp. This is a fascinating look at two differing cultures set in an intricate and richly detailed tapestry of a traditional Amish setting in Southern Iowa. The Amish simple way of life based on faith, convictions and honesty is entwined in this love story between an English woman and an Amish man. Hallie Lindstrom, Home Health Nurse, has copper-red hair, a fondness for jeans and owns a copper sedan which inhibits the Amish community's acceptance of her. Struggling with her decision to convert to Amish, Hallie realizes if she is allowed to marry John Lapp the worldly possessions she values have to go. Amish widower, John Lapp's patience with Hallie wears thin when she stays upset over his helping a pretty Amish widow, Roseanna Miller, on her farm. John points out her total shunning of English ways and complete obedience to him is the only way he'll marry her. He fears his love for her isn't enough to keep her in the Amish faith if she can't go along with his ways. Stella Strutt, an opinionated, Old Order Amish woman, is determined to get rid of Hallie by turning the community against her. Hallie has to decide if she is strong enough to give up her way of life to be forever Amish, make a life in the community by running a medical clinic on the Lapp farm and put up with Stella Strutt bad mouthing her and the clinic for eternity.

About this title

From the Author:

I've been encouraged by readers of the first Nurse Hal book to continue to write about the Lapp family and Hallie Lindstrom.  For me this has been a delightful writing experience because I could see myself making some of the same mistakes as Nurse Hal makes.  She tries to please the Amish family she wants to be a part of and sometimes things go wrong.  One such time in The Rainbow's End was when Hal didn't know how to drive a horse so the buggy keeps going in circles.  The image of this scene makes me laugh as it has my readers, but at the same time, I can feel for Hal.  It is very frustrating to be in her situation. 

I live close to Amish settlements.  Like my readers, I admire the peaceful, sparse existance of these Plain, gentle friendly people. My background in a rural setting is much like the farming experience of the Amish so it is easy for me to write about.  As long as my readers encourage me, I'll keep coming up with my stories for the Nurse Hal Series.

About the Author:

Fay Risner lives with her husband, Harold, on a central Iowa acreage along with their sheep, milk goats, chickens, rabbits and cats. They have one son, Duane. Now that she has retired from her CNA job at the local Keystone Nursing Care Center, she divides her time between writing, enjoying country life, gardening and fishing. She has sold five stories to Good Old Days magazine and entered numerous short story and essay contests, placing numerous times. Fay is the self published author. For more information about her life, accomplishments, blog or to buy her other books visit her book store website Fay Risner's books, with 12 font print, are reader friendly easy to read books. Her stories have a midwest, Iowa and small town flair. The stories pull readers into the scenes, making it hard for them to put the books down until the end. Each book leaves the reader wanting a sequel or a series to see what happens to the characters next.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fay Risner
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0982459521
• ISBN 13: 9780982459522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188