She has been interviewed by both national and international media, including Time magazine, the Associated Press, and the BBC.
In 2007 The Brethren was honored with a Christy Award. A keen interest in her mother's Plain heritage has inspired Beverly to write many Amish-related novels, beginning with The Shunning, which has sold more than one million copies and was recently made into an Original Hallmark Channel movie. Her stories have been published in eleven languages worldwide. Winner of the Gold Book Award (500,000 copies sold) Winner of the ECPA Platinum Award (1 million sold)Ībout the Author Beverly Lewis, born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, is The New York Times bestselling author of more than eighty books. This book is the first in the Heritage of Lancaster County series.įrom the Back Cover All her life she has longed for the forbidden things, but will her dreams come at a price too dear to pay? Why would Katie Lapp's mother, a plain and simple Amishwoman who embraces the Old Ways, hide a beautiful satin baby dress in the attic? The staggering answer comes on the eve of Katie's wedding to widower Bishop John, throwing her life-present and future-into confusion. But an unexpected discovery reveals her true past.
Why else would her Amish mother, a plain and simple woman who embraces the Old Order laws, hide the beautiful baby dress in the attic?īook Synopsis Contains the story of Katie Lapp, who longs for things forbidden to a young Amish woman. About the Book When Katie Lapp stumbles upon a satin infant gown in the dusty leather trunk of her parents' attic, she knows it holds a story she must discover.
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