Kingdom of Simplicity - Brossura

Payne, Holly

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0982279779 ISBN 13: 9780982279779

Casa editrice: Skywriter Books, 2009

Riassunto

How do you forgive the person who takes your family? Eli Yoder, a misguided Amish youth, has struggled with this question every day since he was nine. True to Amish tradition, everyone he knows has moved on with their lives except him. Shamed by his unwillingness to forgive, Eli leaves home during rumspringa, the time of 'running around' for Amish youth before they accept their faith, and searches for acceptance from the Outside World. Here a surprising friendship teaches Eli how to laugh again and prepares him to confront the biggest questions of his life.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Holly Payne was struck by a drunk driver in 1994 and left unable to walk for nearly a year. The driver asked for her forgiveness, but rather than respond with a letter, she wrote him this book with the hope that he could forgive himself someday. Payne is the author of The Sound of Blue, and The Virgin's Knot, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writer's selection and Border's Original Voices book. She is the founder of Skywriter Series coaching, workshops and retreats and serves on the faculty of the MFA writing program at California College of the Arts. Kingdom of Simplicity is the winner of a Marin Arts Council Grant for fiction.

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How do you forgive the person who takes your family? Eli Yoder, a misguided Amish youth, has struggled with this question every day since he was nine. True to Amish tradition, everyone he knows has moved on with their lives except him. Shamed by his unwillingness to forgive, Eli leaves home during rumspringa, the time of 'running around' for Amish youth before they accept their faith, and searches for acceptance from the Outside World. Here a surprising friendship teaches Eli how to laugh again and prepares him to confront the biggest questions of his life. Inspired by a true story of forgiveness and written in simple, striking prose, Payne paints a detailed portrait of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania its countryside, its markets, and the inner-workings of its homes giving the reader an authentic perspective on the Amish that's rare in literature.For anyone who seeks forgiveness or is confronted with the choice to forgive, Kingdom of Simplicity is an invitation to live from the heart and heal.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Skywriter Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0982279779
• ISBN 13: 9780982279779
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 286
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile