With All Her Heart by Kelly Irvin

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With All Her Heart by Kelly Irvin, book two in the Amish Calling series, is a faith filled, sweet, heartwarming story about not letting your fears, shyness or disabilities hold you back, finding G-d’s path for you, and being brave enough to find true love without your fears stopping you.

It is a story filled with emotion as a young woman with a disability struggles with whether or not she should court a young man.  This series is unique in that its main theme is genetic disabilities, as a result of intermarriage within the Amish.

 

Bonnie Yoder was quite young when they discovered she had Spinal Muscular Atrophy or SMA. Gradually she was losing the strength in her muscles which caused her to depend on a rollator to get around. Bonnie co-owned Homespun Handicrafts, a successful gift shop in Lee’s Gulch Virginia, with two other disabled Amish women. While Bonnie has managed her disability well and achieved success in her business, she has never imagined marriage or children in her future, as she feared the SMA would hold her back from having a normal life with a husband and children.


Elijah Miller, on the other hand, comes from a family of auctioneers but struggles with shyness, making it unlikely that he will follow in his father or brother’s footsteps. His talent and passion is in creating wooden toys from carvings. He has been working in a workshop behind his family’s home and dreams of turning his hobby into a business and eventually having his own family. He’s decided to see if he could sell his toys at Bonnie’s shop on consignment.


Elijah and Bonnie come to an agreement for selling his items. Spending time together, they realize that there’s a deeper connection between them despite their individual challenges. Though they share a connection, they struggle to find a way that will bring both of them happiness. They both must face their fears and deal with pride; the pride of asking for help.

 

Ms. Irvin wrote a wonderful, heartfelt, sweet, and moving story that focused on how the Amish value children with different abilities. While the main focus of the story is on Elijah and Bonnie’s love story, there is also a delightful secondary love story that adds to the overall charm of the narrative. This book is a story of love and acceptance that celebrates the happiness of even less-than-perfect protagonists.

 

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