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The Bishop’s Daughter
Wanda E. Brunstetter
Barbour Publishing (2006)
ISBN 1597890006
Reviewed by Stephanie Rollins for Reader Views (9/06)

“The Bishop’s Daughter” by Wanda E. Brunstetter is such a great book. I was hooked from the first
page. There are two stories being told in this book, but they end up intertwining.

A few of the details may be a little unreal. For example, a woman who has waited years for a child of her own would never let a headache prevent her from going to the lawyer’s office to see her child for the first time. Just over look these details, because “The Bishop’s Daughter “is a great book to enjoy.

The first story involves Jimmy and his father Jim. Jim is an alcoholic, and he is not religious.
Jimmy is a devout Christian, and is opposed to his father’s excessive drinking. Jimmy’s mother died
a few years ago.

Leona is an Amish school teacher. She was engaged to be married, but her finance died. She does
not feel that she will ever marry again which is upsetting to her parents. Then a hardworking,
thoughtful man settles in the community. They fall in love, but he is not Amish. She cannot turn her
back on her Amish faith; she will be shunned. Can he turn away from all of life’s conveniences in
order to win her love?

Through a note left by his birth mother, Jimmy discovers that he was adopted. Then his father
reveals the secret he has been keeping since Jimmy was adopted - the secret that has upset him to the
point of becoming an alcoholic. Jimmy decided to find his biological parents; however, how will
Jimmy pull through, if his biological father keeps rejecting him?

I will not reveal the secret—read the book. You will want to keep reading until you know all the
characters are okay. Reaching the end of the story is sad, because you will have a relationship with
all of the characters.

In a nutshell, I love this book! I want to go out and get the other book in the Daughters of Lancaster Series. If you like the works of Barabara Lewis, you will love this book.

Related Authors

• Wanda E. Brunstetter

Related Books

• Bishop's Daughter, The (Trade Paper)