Plain Jayne

  A friend in Church gave me a book to read Wednesday night and I finished it today. It Is Plain Jayne by Hillary Manton Lodge.
   It is a romance  about Amish and "English" people. Levi ,a former Amish left his family to pursue an education. After he finished college he got a very good job in the city but after a few years he left the job to move back to the area his family lived. His father and brothers would have nothing to do with him but he visited his mom when they were not home. His grandmother was Mennonite and saw him frequently. His sister Sara was considering leaving too as she wanted to go to school to be a clothing designer. Levi had told her he would help her if she decided to leave.
     Jayne was a reporter. Her father had died . She had not had a good relationship with him or the rest of the family. Her boss told her she had to take time off work or he would let her go. She decided to go to the area around the Amish community and see if she could get some interviews with the Amish or even arrange to stay a few days with a family.
     Jayne meets Levi in his wood working business and he tells her he may know of a family she could stay with. So he takes her to his Mom's but does not tell Jayne who they are as far as being related to him.
     Levi lets her know that she can stay there two weeks and helps her get her luggage in. It is quite a culture shock to Jayne but she likes the family and soon dresses like them and learns to cook a few thing and to cut quilt squares.
     A week and half into Jayne's stay Levi's dad has a heart attack. She helps get him and  his wife to the hospital and calls Levi. When Gideon was stable they learned he needed to be transferred to a hospital in Jayne's home town for open heart surgery.
      Jayne decides she needs to try to see her mom and sister so she asks her boyfriend Shane to go with her for the weekend  to meet her family. They go to her mom's and are invited in and offered rooms for the weekend. Her sister and family come for supper and her sister is very put off with Jayne. On the trip home Jayne and Shane decide to stop dating.
      Jayne keeps thinking about Levi. When she returns to work her boss likes her article on Amish and asks her to get more.So she goes back .Martha and Gideon welcome her back for a few more days.
     After her stay she goes back to her apartment and when she is getting things out of her car she hears a banging coming from her trunk. When she opens it there is 18 year old Sarah. Sarah wants to stay with her until she gets her GED and can enroll in  college.
     Jayne gets Levi, Sarah gets her GED and admitted in college.
     It was a good read and I enjoy reading about Amish people.