The Widow And The Wood Worker

About The Widow And The Wood Worker

Grief doesn’t ask permission. Neither does spring. Fully RevisedLovina Yoder came to Bellefield to work — not to begin again.

The Kaufman store needs help. The ledger numbers don’t lie. And if she keeps her hands busy enough, she won’t have to remember the last words she spoke to her husband before the barn beam fell.

Simeon Stutzman builds furniture the old way — joints that hold, wood that lasts. Four years ago, the woman he planned to marry left without looking back. Since then, he’s kept his world small and his workshop door closed.

When Lovina suggests selling his handcrafted pieces through the store, business begins to turn around. So does the space between them. But in a district where every glance is counted and every rumor repeated, partnership doesn’t stay simple for long.

And when grief is spoken aloud by the creek one afternoon, Lovina says something she cannot unsay.