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Little Wild Flower (2000)

by Samantha Jillian Bayarr(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 4

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Romance

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Little Wild Flower

review 1: Jane's mother was an alcoholic and after her mother recovers, Jane's dad decides they need to move into a different environment. She is 14 when her family moves....into a house with no electricity, cell phones and surrounded by farms. Life is terrible to her....until she meets an Amish boy Elijah. This series chronicles a blossoming love and future.The series are all novella's...short but well written.
review 2: Little Wild Flower: Book One by Samantha Jillian BayarrA while back Samantha Jillian Bayarr asked me to read her Little Wild Flower series, and graciously offered me the opportunity to do so.Though it took me a while to have the time, I have since read the entire series, and will be posting the review of the series as well as an interview with Samanth... morea Jillian Bayarr in the near future.What's so unique about Little Wild Flower: Book One?Well, most Amish fiction feels like you are traveling back in time, but when you find Amish fiction that is also period fiction, it is a unique mix.Little Wild Flower: Book One is set in the 1970s and follows the main character, Jane Reeves. She was born and raised in the city, so when her parents move their entire family out to rural Amish country, she is not happy. What teenage girl would want to leave everything she knew behind to go live an old-fashioned life, after all?At first Jane is reclusive, not wanting to expend any time or energy to get to know the neighbors in the community. At some level she realizes that this move is the best for her formerly alcoholic mother, but that doesn't mean she has to accept such a drastic change in her own life.But one day Jane meets a very cute neighbor boy, Elijah, and she begins to open herself to the idea of Amish living, since Elijah himself is Amish.As they get to know each other, obstacles in their relationship become apparent as Jane was raised Englisch and Elijah Amish, and their ways are just very different. Will they be able to overcome these obstacles? Or will heartbreak on account of Elijah be one more painful part of life Jane will just have to learn to accept?Read Little Wild Flower: Book One to find out!I have to admit, when I normally read period fiction I do not generally have much interest in reading anything more recent than the early 1900s. I guess I just have a more minimal interest in the decades between now and the early 1900s, so I found the idea of a 1970s Amish fiction book to be a little less exciting than others might normally.However, once I delved into the series, I couldn't have been more glad to have given the book a chance! I think it's a very interesting premise, as you see a family that has serious problems trying to recover, and feel the struggle of a teenage girl who has drastically changed her environment as she struggles with the changes in her life.My only criticism would be that some part of the book seem to go along slowly, while later in the book periods of time just flash by, months or years at a time (the same thing happens throughout the rest of the series for the most part) so I found it a bit odd at times to go so slowly and then jump so far ahead.Little Wild Flower: Book One is an independent Amish fiction book, and I think most Amish fiction fans will find it a very unique contribution to the Amish fiction field of literature. Complete with everything most Amish fiction contains, good morals and values, an idyllic setting, and lovable characters, the book has its own voice, completely independent from many other Amish fiction authors who can begin to sound alike after some time.I highly recommend Little Wild Flower: Book One!4.5/5 stars! less

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