{"id":337,"date":"2010-05-19T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=337"},"modified":"2010-05-19T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T09:26:00","slug":"first-page-rachels-garden-author-marta-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/first-page-rachels-garden-author-marta-perry","title":{"rendered":"First Page-Rachel&#8217;s Garden-Author Marta Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_n-AHFKBV0rY\/S9NApf62cGI\/AAAAAAAAA3w\/O2gO6VnHHZo\/s1600\/Rachel%27s+Garden+Cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_n-AHFKBV0rY\/S9NApf62cGI\/AAAAAAAAA3w\/O2gO6VnHHZo\/s320\/Rachel%27s+Garden+Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463781854617694306\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 1ex; font-family: times new roman;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">      <\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">    <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">RACHEL\u2019S GARDEN<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">By Marta Perry<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Chapter One<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">      <\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">A  flicker of movement from the lane beyond the kitchen window of the old  farmhouse caught Rachel Brand\u2019s eye as she leaned against the sink,  washing up the bowl she\u2019d used to make a batch of snickerdoodles.  A buggy\u2014ja, it must be Leah Glick, bringing Rachel\u2019s two older kinder  home from the birthday party for their teacher already.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">      <\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Quickly  she set the bowl down and splashed cold water on her eyes. It wouldn\u2019t  do to let her young ones suspect that their mamm had been crying while  she baked. Smoothing her hair back under her kapp and arranging a smile  on her lips, she went to the back door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">      <\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">But  the visitor was not Leah. It was a man, alone,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">driving the buggy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">      <\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Shock  shattered her curiosity when she recognized the strong face under the  brim of the black Amish hat. Gideon Zook. Her fingers clenched,  wrinkling  the fabric of her dark apron. What did he want from her?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">      <\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">She  stood motionless for a moment, her left hand tight on the door frame.  Then she grabbed the black wool shawl that hung by the door, threw it  around her shoulders, and stepped outside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martaperry.com\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;\"><a target=\"_blank\">www.martaperry.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RACHEL\u2019S GARDEN By Marta Perry Chapter One A flicker of movement from the lane beyond the kitchen window of the old farmhouse caught Rachel Brand\u2019s eye as she leaned against the sink, washing up the bowl she\u2019d used to make <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/first-page-rachels-garden-author-marta-perry\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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