Book Review: Bygones, Sommerfield Trilogy Book #1, by Kim Vogel Sawyer

Bygones, Sommerfeld Trilogy Series #1, by Kim Vogel Sawyer

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Okay, so with this book, this entire series, BFF read them first. She told me a lot of key details. Things that in some cases you would think, "why should I bother, I know how it turns out." But that is so not true, because it's NEVER the same as reading it, getting all the little nuances that the author places into the text. Feeling the raw emotions of the characters. Being a part of the twists and turns, the excitement.

That was how this was. Even though I knew key elements, I didn't know the details that went into them. Learning the details was the best part.

The quick synopsis of the book: Marie was raised Mennonite but fell in love with an outsider. She left the community, but not her faith, until her then husband died suddenly, leaving her pregnant and alone. When her baby daughter, Beth, was 2 weeks old, she returns home, only to be sent away, told she is not welcome because of her mistakes. At that time she sheds her Mennonite ways, clothing, and lifestyle, and proceeds to raise Beth in the outside world.

Fast forward 20+ years. Marie's favorite aunt left in the community, passes away, and Marie's old flame, Henry comes to tell her. And tell her about the will that was found. Seems that Aunt Lisbeth had left everything to Marie's daughter Beth, with a small stipulation. Beth must RESIDE in the home in Sommerfield for a period of three months before she can claim everything, or sell anything, which is all Beth wants to do. How will three months in Sommerfield effect them? And what about the family Marie left behind? And her faith?

To answer these questions, read this AWESOME book!