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The Bargain: A Novel (Plain City Peace Book 1) Kindle Edition
| Stephanie Reed (Author) See search results for this author |
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When their parents flee the Amish, nineteen-year-old Betsie and her seventeen-year-old sister Sadie are distraught. Under the dubious guidance of a doting aunt, the girls struggle to keep the secret, praying their parents will return before anyone learns the truth—a truth that may end all hopes of Betsie’s marriage to Charley Yoder.
Worse still, Betsie must learn a trade while she boards with a dysfunctional Englisher family: Sheila, a twelve-year-old desperately searching for a friend and in dire need of her mother; the free-spirited mother, who runs off to "find herself" on the stage; the angry father whose structured life crumbles; and Michael, a troubled college dropout nearly killed in the Kent State Massacre.
Thrust into the English world, Betsie must grapple with the realities of war and miniskirts, pot parties and police brutality, protests and desertion. Can she help the Sullivan family and find peace in her new surroundings, or must she forget the bargain she made and seek refuge back in Plain City with protective and reliable Charley?
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherKregel Publications
- Publication date19 Sept. 2013
- File size1140 KB
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Review
"The Bargain examines a troubled time in American history--the year following the Kent State massacre--through the eyes of a young Amish girl. With deep character portrayals and a masterful plot, this life-affirming book raises as many questions as it answers. Well done!"--Janalyn Voigt, literary judge and author of Tales of Faeraven series (7/1/2013 12:00:00 AM)
Stephanie Reed does a superb job of sprinkling humor throughout a story with a serious theme. Best of all? This is Book 1, with more to follow. Hurray! --Susan Marlow, author of Circle C. Adventures (7/1/2013 12:00:00 AM)
This was an interesting read that left me wanting to know more about the Amish, and each character's search for Go inspired me to strengthen my own relationship with Him.--Jennifer Fleming "CBA Retailers and Resources" (10/1/2013 12:00:00 AM) --This text refers to the paperback edition.
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Product details
- ASIN : B00FFBG1PM
- Publisher : Kregel Publications (19 Sept. 2013)
- Language : English
- File size : 1140 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 306 pages
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About the author

Stephanie Reed lives on the outskirts of Plain City, Ohio, site of a once-thriving Amish community. She gleans ideas for her novels from signs glimpsed along the byways of Ohio, as for her books Across the Wide River, The Light Across the River, The Bargain, and The Bachelor. Like her Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/StefReedBooks/ and follow her on Twitter to keep in touch: https://twitter.com/StefReedBooks