A Plain Leaving, Leslie Gould
A Plain Leaving, Leslie Gould
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A Plain Leaving

Author: Leslie Gould

Narrator: Stina Nielsen

Unabridged: 11 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/03/2017


Synopsis

Returning for her father's funeral, Jessica faces the Amish life--and love--she left behind years prior. Struggling with regrets, she learns about the life of a Revolutionary War-era ancestor who confronted some of the same choices she has. Will Jessica find peace during her visit, along with the resolution she hopes for? Gould Offers a New Amish Series in Idyllic Lancaster County At age twenty, Jessica Bachman left her two beloved sisters and her Amish community after clashing with the new bishop about her role in the family and the future of their farm. She tried to convince Silas Kemp, who'd been courting her for two years, to join her, but when he said no, she fled anyway. Three years later, she returns home for the first time since leaving Lancaster to attend her father's funeral. Her arrival back revives all sorts of emotions--yearnings and sorrows alike. Jessica knows things will never return to how they were. But in seeing Silas again, she can't help but wonder what might have been. Struggling to decide where her next step should take her, she learns the story of a Revolutionary War-era ancestor that echoes her own choices. Will Jessica leave her family and community forever, or is there peace and healing and love yet to come?

Reviews

This was not your typical Amish fiction book. Well let me say it like this, it was not the same ole story written. This is a fresh story. Gould has taken it to a whole new level. An Amish book talking about fracking, on Amish land, you are going to love this book. Wait until you hear the whole story. I......more

Goodreads review by Susan

A Plain Leaving Leslie Gould Received from the publisher A PLAIN LEAVING is the first book in the Sisters of Lancaster County. It is not your usual Amish story and it held my interest from the very first page until the last. A PLAIN LEAVING is all about the Bachman family and the story spans centuries.......more

Goodreads review by Maureen

An in-depth look into an Amish family, spanning centuries, from current time to revolutionary times, an all on the same property in Lancaster area Pennsylvania. There is so much pain here, and when the story opens we are brought to the farm because of the death of the father. The author keeps us on o......more

Goodreads review by Neisa

What first caught my attention about this book was the switching between time periods. Sometimes, switching between two main characters can be frustrating. If I tend to like one character over the other, I usually become bored with the book. However, in A Plain Leaving, the author did a wonderful jo......more

Goodreads review by Kav

An emotionally sucker-punch kind of read....and I so love it when I really feel a story! In this case -- two stories, because this is a dual timeline plot which I didn't realize when I started reading but was a delightful surprise! I honestly don't know whose story I enjoyed more -- Jessica's or Rub......more