Anything But Plain

Name: Anything But Plain
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher
ISBN: 9781705067192

Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher

Narrator: Rachel Botchan

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/04/2022

Categories: Fiction, Amish, Women

Synopsis

Leaving Stoney Ridge feels unbearable—but how can she stay?

Impulsive Lydie Stoltzfus has always felt like a disappointment—a square peg in a round hole in her quiet Amish community. Leaving her family and church seems like her best move, even though it would mean leaving Nathan Yoder behind.

Nathan claims he’s in love with her, but she knows she’s not good enough for him.

And if she is ever in doubt, Nathan’s father reminds her frequently.

Knowing Lydie is “between” jobs again, the local doctor asks her to fill in at the front desk for a few months. This gives Lydie time to figure out how she’s going to say goodbye to Nathan—and it gives Dok ample time to recognize the symptoms
of a disorder rare among the Amish. She offers Lydie treatment that has the potential to change her life.

But will it be enough to make her stay? Or has help come too late?

About Suzanne Woods Fisher

Suzanne Woods Fisher is the bestselling author of The Choice, The Waiting, The Search, and A Lancaster County Christmas, as well as nonfiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace. Her interest in the Anabaptist cultures can be directly traced to her grandfather, W. D. Benedict, who was raised in the Old Order German Baptist Brethren Church in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Benedict eventually became publisher of Christianity Today magazine. Suzanne is the host of Amish Wisdom, a weekly radio program, and a columnist for Christian Post. She lives in California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gloria

This story is about two endearing young people who have been friends since they were six years old. Lydia's life is frustrating to her and to her family. She cannot hold down a job, cannot stay focused and finish tasks. On the other hand, she is humble, creative, thoughtful, and handles crisis well.......more

Goodreads review by Deanne

Lydie Stoltzfus, she doesn't have an easy life. Feeling like the square peg in a round hole she's the Bishops daughter and that gets her constantly judged. She doesn't fit in with the other Amish girls, sometimes she doesn't care,sometimes she feels left out. She usually takes a bit longer to do thi......more

Goodreads review by Shirley

I so enjoyed reading this captivating and beautifully written book. First I want to say how much I appreciated that the Author put at the books very beginning the names of each of the characters and told a little bit about each one of them. So even before the first chapter I had been introduced to t......more