A Healing Touch by Suzanne Woods Fisher ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

'Amish romance at its very best.' 

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November 2024; Revell; 978-0800745288
audio, ebook, print (304 pages); Amish romance

This book is an interesting look at an 'English' female doctor who is trusted by the Amish and the non-Amish in her small town.  The Amish trust her enough that they go to her when they need medical help and listen to her advice -- most of the time.

Ruth "Dok" Stoltzfus is a throwback to earlier times - she still does house calls! and she still puts in all of the time that her patients need even if it cuts into her personal time with her husband.   She is a caring compassionate person who deeply cares about other people. Even though she was raised Amish, she left the church to pursue her medical education. This book has several subplots that help show the love Dok has for others.

• One of her non-Amish patients has just been diagnosed with breast cancer.  She isn't sure if she even wants treatment - her beloved husband has just died and she doesn't see much future in her life without him.  Dok makes sure that she gets treatment for her physical problems and introduces her to an elderly Amish woman who she thinks can help her grief.
• Annie is Dok's receptionist.  Her parents will only allow her to work until it's time to plant crops.  Annie, despite her shyness, realizes that she wants more out of life and has decided that she wants to be an EMT.  Dok helps her work to convince her parents who are totally opposed.
• A new born baby is left at the clinic.  Dok and her policeman-husband become foster parents.

There are other sub plots that show the compassion and empathy that Dok has for all of her patients.  It's a real feel-good book about love and compassion, community needs and individual needs all bound together in faith.

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Susan Roberts grew up in Michigan but loves the laid-back life at her home in the Piedmont area of North Carolina where she is three hours from the beach to the east and the mountains in the west.  She reads almost anything but her favorite genres are Southern Fiction and Historical Fiction.   

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