Twice Loved by Wanda E. Brunstetter1945 brings many changes to everyone. Soldiers are coming home and some are not coming home.This story is about a young widow Bev Winters and her daughter. Bev was struggling to make ends meet as best as she could. She had a job as a bookkeeper at a company, but due to the service men returning and needing their old jobs back, she was asked to leave.Dan Fisher a photography and his wife Darcy who owned a used toy store Twice Loved. Darcy has been making a quilt and she hopes to finish it very soon. You see, Darcy has leukemia and she won't live much longer. Darcy if giving the quilt to Dan as a remembrance of her and she asked him to keep the toy store open also.Months pass, Darcy has passed away. Dan keeps the shop open as Darcy asked him to, but he closes his heart and doesn't allow anyone get close to him.Bev Winter is looking for work to support her daughter and herself. She goes to the toy store because Dan put an add in the paper for someone to work the toy store. She agrees to the offer and starts right away.Can these 2 people who have lost their spouses love again?I really enjoyed reading Twice Loved and the recipes in the back of the book were very interesting. My grandmothers would talk about rationing during the war and changing the way they cooked their meals. Twice Loved is a heartwarming story of two broken people willing to mend the other. Set in post WWII, women found themselves widowed and asked to give up the job they held during the war because the men were returning. Where does a woman turn with a young family and no husband coming home?Wanda Brunstetter steps out of her usual Amish genre to take us to a different era and set of people and she does it with all the charm and talent we have come to love. Don’t miss Twice Loved this holiday season. It will warm you as much as a cozy afghan!
What do You think about Twice Loved (2013)?
I won this book through First Reads. Very sweet story!
—deathlover
Beautiful story! Short but one of Wanda's best books
—hermie8
