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The Parting (The Courtship of Nellie Fisher, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Beverly Lewis
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 274012
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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B001AQXZX2
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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Product Description
The People themselves dare to challenge the Old Ways of their heritage...and each patriarch must choose a side. Nearly one hundred days have passed since the untimely death of Nellie Mae Fisher's beloved younger sister, Suzy, and Nellie dares again to dream of a future with handsome Caleb Yoder. But with rumors about Suzy still flying among the People, there are those who would keep the young courting couple apart...including Caleb's own father. Meanwhile, a growing number of Honeybrook's Amish farmers are demanding tractors and other forbidden modern conveniences. When a revival adds to the tensions, passions flare. With the Old Order community pushed to the breaking point, Nellie and Caleb find their families--and themselves--in the midst of what threatens to become an impossible divide. The Courtship of Nellie Fisher, Book 1.
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 Just OK August 31, 2008
This is the second series of books that I am reading by Beverly Lewis. Abram's Daughters was my first series and that was FANTASTIC! This series starts off rather boring with The Parting. There isn't enough character development. With Abram's Daughters, you not only knew the main character, but you also go insight into the secondary characters. With this series, the Courtship of Nellie Fisher, you barely know Nellie, yet alone her sisters or her brothers. The brothers have pretty much zero role in the book and the sisters pretty much ignore Nellie. Caleb isn't described nearly well enough. I'm going to to on to Book 2 because I borrowed it at the library, but I'm not going to continue if things don't pick up.
 Another Great Book from Beverly Lewis!! August 15, 2008
Like the rest of her books I could not put this book down! Love how there are other stories among the main one happening.
You just keep wanting more... July 29, 2008
I must say the cover of this book pulled me in. My parents came from NE PA and I grew up eating chicken & waffles, chicken pot pie (made in a pressure cooker of all things) and shoo-fly pie. While my roots aren't linked directly with Lancaster County, I have always been very interested in the Amish. I am also a proud New Yorker with a lovely hex sign displayed on my home!
Please take the time to read this book. I am sure you will enjoy it every bit as much as I did. Is it a "youth fiction", well maybe, but does everything always have to be thrown in our faces? It is a lovely book and very suitable for the teen in your life who enjoys reading and learning.
 More about Fundamental Protestantism than the Amish July 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As someone who does not believe in the simplistic concept of "being saved", I found this book obnoxious. I just wanted a light summer read, and instead this book was a preachy tome about an Amish family finally seeing the light and being "born again." Fundamental Christians will most likely love it. Those of who believe that salvation is by grace and good works (sorry, you can't buy yourself into heaven by good works, but you also can't talk yourself in, either...) will probably find it insufferable, like I did.
 Far too preachy. April 24, 2008
I enjoy Lewis's books for the most part, mainly for the interesting characters, simple way of life, and storylines that are palpable for their emotions and challenges that the characters face. But this book really was a turkey. All I found was Lewis's overwhelming urge to convert all her readers to be born-again Christians. I am a happy Catholic, thank you, and I just want to read a good story, not be bombarded with the "right" way to live my life.
The part that upset me the most was when the father never cried when his daughter Suzy died, yet once he discovers "the good word," he is constantly weeping. And it's not because this means his daughter has been saved and is now in heaven (as other characters start to believe); it's only for himself and knowing that's he's better than everyone else because he knows "the truth." I just can't swallow that.
But, of course, I'll have to read the rest of the books in this series because they're like potato chips: once you read one, you can't stop! But if you're looking to read some of Lewis's series, I would forget this one and go for any of her other novels (esp. Abram's Daughters).
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