From Publishers Weekly: Inspirational novelist Lewis begins Abram's Daughters, a Lancaster County series about four Amish sisters, in the tradition of her previous novels. It should please her fans, while not offering much in the way of fresh material. It's 1946 in Gobbler's Knob, Pa., Sadie Ebersol and her sister, Leah, are exploring the joys of "rumschpringe" the period of relaxed rules and running around that Amish teens enjoy prior to their baptism into the church. Tomboy Leah's first love is Jonas Mast, but her father Abram has determined she'll marry Gideon Peachey, whose father's farm adjoins the Ebersols'. Her beautiful sister Sadie's defiance crosses the boundaries when she becomes involved with Englischer Derek Schwartz. Heartache is inevitable. The dialect (perty, redd, Dat, ach, wonderful-gut, jah) is as dense as sugar cream pie, as are the italicized terms.
This book is the first in a series of 6 or so written by Beverly Lewis, but was recommended to me by my friend who just got thru reading it. Even though it is a series, I thought it would be good since it focuses on a subject I know very little about (the Amish). I'm intrigued...I hope it's good!
You can pick up a used copy at Amazon starting at $.o1. Happy Reading!
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Interesting choice! I recently watched two shows on the Amish and rumspringe (however you spell it) and thought it was really interesting. Our trip to Lancaster was really educational so it will be fun to read the book.
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