The Snow Globe
Coming November 2014
Victor Petersheim has left the
Amish and works on a river boat on the Mississippi River ,
spending three months on the river then having three months off. During his
off-work months he returns home to his Amish community and helps out on his
grandparents’ farm. When he returns home after his most recent absence, he
discovers his grossmammi has developed health problems and they’ve hired Esther
Beachy to be a “mother’s helper.” Victor is unsettled by this woman living in
their home, but has to accept it. Esther loves listening to Victor’s
grandmother’s stories and while puttering around in a store while the
grossmammi’s in the hospital, she discovers a snow globe that depicts an area
where the Petersheims used to live. She buys it as a gift for the grossmammi to
cheer her up during her hospitalization. Victor is touched by Esther’s gift and
her care for his grossmammi, and strives to be friendlier. Will Esther’s gentle
heart draw him back to the community? Or will he return to the river once again?
