The Thorn (The Rose Trilogy, Book 1) (Volume 1)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.48 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764205749 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Beverly Lewis, born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, is the New York Times bestselling author of more than ninety books. A keen interest in her mother's Plain heritage has inspired . Her stories have been published in eleven languages worldwide
The first book in a stirring new saga of two Amish sisters on the fringe of the church--and the unforeseen discoveries that change their lives.
Shakespeare said Wow!. Blown away again with another awesome story. Lewis is an exceptional story teller. Kept me interested from page 1. Nick uprooted from his alcoholic mother who promises to get her life back in order and come get him one day, is taken to live in an Amish community with the Bishop's family next door to Rose. Sad he never adjust to their way of living and continues to hope his mother will come get him like she p. The Thorn (The Rose Trilogy Book #2) Kindle Customer What a beautiful story about Amish life as we have not seen it before. The family is so believable and the two sisters have their own problems to contend with. When we get to know Rose, we truly know what a caring young lady she is. She is always willing to give the benefit of the doubt to her fellow friend. Hen, who left the family to marry an outsider, now has a new feeling towards God and her family. I wo. Amazon Customer said Trust. It is always the right way to trust in God. When we get in the way with thinking we know best we find it is nothing but a mistake. It is either not what we are suppose to do or we find we are ahead of God's timing. Nothing better to walk and trust in God.
Hen now has a four-year-old daughter and yearns for a romanticized version of the Plain life she left behind, thus forsaking her husband for her parents’ house. From Booklist Impulsive and self-absorbed Hen, who left her Old-Order Amish family to marry a man of the world, and sweetly obedient Rose Ann, the younger sister upon whose slim shoulders falls responsibility for their crippled mother’s care, are both troubled in spirit. Suspicion, melodrama, and misdirected passions are the order of the day in best-selling, Christy Award-winning Lewis’ newest Amish romance, the first in a trilogy set in 1985 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and introducing the two Kauffman sisters, one struggling to reconcile her background and beliefs with her obligations, and the other innocently unaware that not one but two young men want to claim her. Rose Ann finds solace in currying and riding her fat