Rating: 
Summary: Nice - but only 2 stars for this "booklet".
Review: Beverly Lewis is one of my favorite writers, but this time, she failed to have enought story line to fill a whole book!Sarah Cain, 28, is a successful real estate broker living in Portland, Oregon. She is financially well off, but suffers from an unresolved guilt from a past accident which killed a little girl. She is evading, and running from her chance of happiness with Bryan. Sarah has long been partially estranged from her only sister, 34 yr. old Ivy. Therefore, when widowed Ivy dies unexpectedly, Sarah is shocked that her will names Sarah as guardian for the five orphaned minor children. Ivy's family is Amish, living on a large farm in Lancaster County, PA. Heavily featured in this book is the oldest child, 16 yr. old Lydia. Disciplined, dutiful and sensitive, Lydia fills in as mother until Sarah can arrive. She is biding her time until she can marry Levi King. Sarah's selfish independence and her love of wealth and its' trappings conflict with the simple, Amish lifestyle of her nephews and nieces. Therefore, she sets about to solve her uncomfortable new status quickly by flying to Lancaster for one week, during which time she is determined to find a nice Amish home for the children. Obviously, Beverly Lewis has a future for this fractured family, and the ending is all too abrupt and predictable, not at all like her 3 book Shunning series. That, in particular is why I gave the book only 2 stars. The material is great and it was interesting, but there was not nearly enough to fill a complete book and I was disappointed with its' lack of depth.
Rating: 
Summary: Good Read
Review: Creative story that helps foster understanding of Amish ways, as Ms. Lewis's book often do. Sarah is fighting her past and God. While her sister and parents have passed away, she sees the "fruits" of her sister's godly lifestyle through her sister's children. Sarah's former boyfriend becomes a symbol of God's love by caring about her even when she turns him away. His faithfulness and forgivenes help her begin to see the love of God. This story is shows the Amish in a favorable light. All her views of the Amish have been educational and interesting to me. If you like B. Lewis's books, this is a good read.
Rating: 
Summary: Page-turning, heart-warming!
Review: How does Beverly Lewis keep coming up with such true-to-life characters? They are alive and well in Amish country! I experienced real sorrow for Sarah, grieved Lydia's loss, and prayed for a loving, commited family to nurture the orphaned youngsters. Any hope of a sequel??
Rating: 
Summary: Sarah Cain should have died with the original Cain
Review: I liked Beverly Lewis' other books, but I really hated this one. The main chracter is insufferable, and extrememly unlikable. The kids in the book are all right, but the book itself took forever getting off. Good luck getting through this one!
Rating:
Summary: Sarah Cain should have died with the original Cain
Review: I liked Beverly Lewis' other books, but I really hated this one. The main chracter is insufferable, and extrememly unlikable. The kids in the book are all right, but the book itself took forever getting off. Good luck getting through this one!
Rating:
Summary: Good but a little disappointed
Review: I've read all of Beverly Lewis' books but the Sunroom, and have loved all of them. The Redemption of Sarah Cain, I read in little over a day. I thought it was really good. I liked how the character Sarah Cain was portrayed. How she was so in love with her life and her material things, it started to make me angry. =) Once I started to get towards the end of the book, I thought there was going to be a sequel, because I didn't feel it could have ended in so little of pages left. Well this was the disappointing part for me, within the last 15 pages of the book, everything was solved. I thought the entire book had a good pace but at the end it just went so quickly. I was glad it was a happy ending though. Please don't take me wrong it was a VERY good book and really worth reading. I look forward as always to reading the next book from her.
Rating: 
Summary: somewhat predictable and "sappy"
Review: I, like many of the other reviewers, am a fan of Lewis, but was somewhat disappointed with Sarah Cain. It has a great basis for the plot: yuppie, materialistic, twentysomething Sarah (who's running from her past, incidentally) inherits five orphans from her deceased, yet estranged, older sister who just happens to be Amish. Like many of Lewis's books, I gained greater understanding of the Amish life, but otherwise, the book was just too predictable. The less-than-dramatic last-minute conversion of Sarah Cain was a bit "sappy" and tied up all the loose ends on the last page of the book just all too neatly. Lewis is capable of better.
Rating:
Summary: somewhat predictable and "sappy"
Review: I, like many of the other reviewers, am a fan of Lewis, but was somewhat disappointed with Sarah Cain. It has a great basis for the plot: yuppie, materialistic, twentysomething Sarah (who's running from her past, incidentally) inherits five orphans from her deceased, yet estranged, older sister who just happens to be Amish. Like many of Lewis's books, I gained greater understanding of the Amish life, but otherwise, the book was just too predictable. The less-than-dramatic last-minute conversion of Sarah Cain was a bit "sappy" and tied up all the loose ends on the last page of the book just all too neatly. Lewis is capable of better.
Rating:
Summary: Sweet, but Predictable
Review: In the past, I have really enjoyed Beverly Lewis's books about the Amish people and the Plain life. Somehow this book just did not catch my interest from the beginning although I waited for it to be published and rushed right out to buy it. The story is so predictable that it actually is a bit boring. There is no sub-plot, so with the information that you are given in the beginning of the book, it's a no-brainer to figure out exactly what is going to happen. I was disappointed in this effort by Ms. Lewis.
Rating:
Summary: Beverly Lewis does it again!
Review: Keeping in her Lancaster PA tradition, Beverly Lewis tells another great story. She weaves Amish customs in with detailed characters to maintain your interest and involve your heart.
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