Plain and Simple : A Journey to the Amish (Ohio)
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, Christian Books & Bibles
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, Christian Books & Bibles
Book Type: Paperback
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"I, who worked hard at being special, fell in love with a people who values being ordinary."...the captivating and true story of a harried urban Californian moved by the beauty of a display of quilts to seek out and live with the Amish...Bender is gently coaxed to consider, "Is there another way to lead a good life?"
Heeding a persistent inner voice, Bender searches for Amish families willing to allow her to visit and share in their daily lives...[She] enters a world without television, telephone, electric light , or refrigerators; a world where clutter and hurry are replaced with inner quiet adn calm ritual...a world where "no distinction was made between the sacred and the everyday."
In addition to black and white sketches of Amish quilts and a few other items in Amish life, there are some charming sketches of homemade Amish rag dolls, none of which have features on their faces, due to the Amish interpretation of one of the ten commandments. This is a very refreshing book.
"I, who worked hard at being special, fell in love with a people who values being ordinary."...the captivating and true story of a harried urban Californian moved by the beauty of a display of quilts to seek out and live with the Amish...Bender is gently coaxed to consider, "Is there another way to lead a good life?"
Heeding a persistent inner voice, Bender searches for Amish families willing to allow her to visit and share in their daily lives...[She] enters a world without television, telephone, electric light , or refrigerators; a world where clutter and hurry are replaced with inner quiet adn calm ritual...a world where "no distinction was made between the sacred and the everyday."
In addition to black and white sketches of Amish quilts and a few other items in Amish life, there are some charming sketches of homemade Amish rag dolls, none of which have features on their faces, due to the Amish interpretation of one of the ten commandments. This is a very refreshing book.
