Christian Historical Bookclub discussion

Are you a lover of clean Amish fiction? Talk about it here!

I'd like to say a good word for Beth Wiseman's novel Her Brother's Keeper. I haven't finished it yet, but I'm far enough in to know that the mystery surrounds a young Amish woman, Charlotte, and her desire to try to understand or to learn just why her brother, Ethan, chose to commit suicide. I like the way believers seek to grasp such complicated things as mental illness. At one point, a friend tells Charlotte: "You're never going to know for sure what demons Ethan was carrying around to make him take his own life. Maybe it was guilt."

Emma Jo, I thought I might mention another book—one I'm still reading. (I tend to read several books at a time.) At any rate, the name of this one is Fields of Grace by Kim Vogel Sawyer. It tells the tale of Mennonite immigrants sailing from the Russian Empire to America in the late nineteenth century. Specifically, the book focuses on a family: Reinhardt and his wife Lillian and their two children. During the voyage, a big event happens: Reinhardt catches a fever and dies. At which point another big event takes place: Lillian decides to marry Reinhardt's foster brother. The ship's captain officiates, but it is at first a loveless marriage of convenience. Only when the family reaches America (Kansas specifically) does Eli begin to care about his wife and stepchildren, and vice versa. As they toil away, the story becomes idyllic. More than anything, their quiet life reminds me of the Book of Ruth. The whole tone of Ruth permeates Fields of Grace. In the same way that Ruth eventually gets remarried to Boaz, the relationship between Lillian and Eli transforms into something resembling pure, godly love. At least that's the feeling I get. Also, I'm doubting the author will put in any awful twists. And perhaps that's part of the appeal of clean Amish/Mennonite fiction. The stories are all pastoral and idyllic—something like the Bedouin stories and culture that remind us of the patriarchs and other biblical characters living in the days before the House of David.

So good to hear about this book, I will definitely check it out.
I have felt some books have predictable plot lines, and steer clear from romance especially. Seems like life questions that really matter come from simple lifestyles. Mental health issues that lead to suicide are worth pondering, resolving for ourselves so that we are ready to minister to others.
What other books have readers found helpful for big life questions in the Amish genre?