Bygones by Kim Vogel Sawyer

Marie Koeppler Quinn is startled when Henry Braun, whom she hasn't seen for 23 years, arrives at the restaurant where she works and says he needs to talk to her. From a Mennonite family, Marie's father shut her out when she left and married out of the church. Now Marie and her daughter Beth go back to Sommerfeld, Kansas to live for 3 months to satisfy the stipulation in Aunt Lisbeth's will. Marie finds coming to the community difficult and finds herself falling into the pattern she learned in her early years, of praying to God for His help and His will to be done. Sawyer writes a heartfelt tale, the first of three in a series. A good read. Sandy Penton