BOOK- Hand Me Down Husband-
Suzanne said she'd never marry a widower. Mitch promised he'd never marry again. But that was before they met each other.
High school teacher Suzanne Bloomer has buried herself in her job at New Vision Christian School in Farmersburg, Ohio. But she’s none too pleased when widower Mitch Sanderson leaves his fields mid-harvest to fill a teacher/principal position at the school. She knows better than to trust a Sanderson, and she’s determined not to be tricked by one again.
When Mitch’s persistent kindness starts to confuse Suzanne’s feelings for him, she remembers that she is even less interested in a hand-me-down husband than she is in wearing secondhand clothing. Neither has Mitch forgotten his late wife’s plea that he never remarry. His children certainly haven’t. Will their faith in God and trust in each other be enough to overcome the odds and build a life together? Amazon Link
This book was different from what I expected but it was also more.
I enjoyed the book and some of the different issues that it dealt with.
Both Suzanne and Mitch so deserved loved. Especially Suzanne, who seemed to be almost invisible to other people when it came to her needs. The selfishness of other people, and her inability to say "no" just seemed to work against her most of the time. The only "people" who seemed to really love her, really see her and appreciate her were of the children variety. Most adults saw her as that old maid. Someone who didn't have kids of her own and would consider it a favor to be able to babysit/work with their kids for free. Like I said, selfish AND unkind. I found it totally believable. So was the insensitive things that people said to her or around her. Even her church disappointed her with their insensitivity. But lets face it...church is made up of people and they failed her. That made me think about what it must be like for the single people in church, who don't fit into any particular group. She longed for a husband and children of her own; a family.
Suzanne was beyond suspicious when it came to Mitch and she had avoided the Sanderson family like the plague. And after meeting his daughter, Marissa in the story I could understand why. Mitch was such a likable, nice man I couldn't help but like him. And he was so kind with both Suzanne and the children at the school. A couple of times I started thinking, "quit letting your kids run your life". But then I remembered he was coming out of his own grief over his wife's death. And he did start coming out of that cloud and started making changes step by step. He prayed and began to see that God was leading him into things he had never done before; like becoming principle of the school.
I enjoyed reading some of the changes he made too. It made me smile.
The only thing I had a bit of difficulty with at first was the age difference between the Suzanne and Mitch, it was fairly large. But it became less of an issue to me with all they had working against them. And the fact that as they got to know each other, they were so sweet together. I started to forget all about the age difference.
I received a FREE copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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