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  <title><![CDATA[The Shunning (The Heritage of Lancaster County #1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Katie Lapp only knew the Amish ways, but when she discovers a satin infant gown in her parents' attic, her hidden past devastates the community she has always called home. Heritage of Lancaster County book 1.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1997</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Beverly Lewis]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania Katie Lapp is a 22 year old amish woman who is unmarried and feels like she does not belong in her community since the death of her first love Daniel. Katie is strong willed and reluctantly agrees to marry the widowed bishop of their community who has young children a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32816561">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 02 19:05:32 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beverly Lewis is a long time novelist of Amish fiction. Since visiting Holmes County, Ohio, (The second largest Amish Community in the country, I think.) I have developed quite an affection for the Amish people. I have read everything that I can get my hands on regarding the subject, including this ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5553014">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 05 21:07:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I live in a very strict Amish community.  I do not share one physical trait with the rest of my family now or in generations past.  I seem to have a streak of creativity and music within me that the rest of my family does not.  My mother had 2 miscarriages before I came along.  For some reason she d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48387503">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jun 17 11:54:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ The verdict is out<br/><br/>Beverly Lewis came highly recommended as an author, and I've enjoyed the stories I've read about the Amish....Plain Truth for one....I decided to pick this book up. (I made sure to start with the 1st in the series...I hate when I read a book and find out I started in t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60054696">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Oct 25 18:03:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book via cd (of which there were 8, for 8.75 hours &quot;reading&quot; time). Along with wishing the story would hurry up, and be a little less predictable, I wished the speaker would be just a wee bit faster. <br/><br/>I never figured out why Katie didn't know she is adopted. My husba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75004954">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55204780">
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  <read_at>Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri May 08 14:48:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Talk about a cliché, The Shunning is chalked full of predictable characters, predictable plot turns, and predictable…everything.<br/><br/>Katie Lapp looks nothing like her entire extended Amish family, but the idea that she could be adopted doesn’t dawn on her until her mother tells her that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55204780">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65744960">
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 01 04:27:19 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 14 15:41:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There were some flaws to this book, but the fact that I stayed up until almost midnight to finish it and cried all the way through the last chapter bump this book's rating up a lot! I got this book for a couple of dollars from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://christianbook.com">christianbook.com</a> during one of their sales as I've been interested in th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65744960">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18413931">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 22 19:22:50 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book in The Heritage of Lancaster County series.  If you're at all interested in the Amish people and their lifestyle, Beverly Lewis is a fine author who has written many books about this group.  The stories are quite compelling.<br/>&quot;The shunning&quot;  is followed by &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18413931">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37744990">
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    <location><![CDATA[Beeville, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Dec 02 15:47:38 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was pleasantly surprised by this book, so much so I may need to reevaluate my negative opinion of Christian fiction in general.  Not only did it feed my recent fascination with the Amish, but it was also a well-written, interesting (if somewhat predictable) story.  <br/><br/>Conforming to the Am...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37744990">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49460780">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Mar 16 11:46:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I would have liked this book better if I wouldn't have read any of this author's books previously. This really should be the first book you read. I did enjoy it. I find the whole Amish life fascinating. The very idea that she gets outcast from everything she ever knew basically over a guitar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49460780">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44674709">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a love/hate relationship with this suthor. She gives you just enough information to lead you to where the sotry could be going...but you don't get the satisfaction of a good, solid ending...until you read the next book. Anyway, I assume so. I've yet to read the next one.<br/><br/>Her books ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44674709">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36103190">
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    <name><![CDATA[Andrea]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Oct 24 10:05:11 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series doesn't have as much detail on the Old Order Amish lifestyle as the Annie's People series had.  It is mostly about an Amish woman who just hasn't felt like she fits in.  She's had all these longings for things that aren't allowed.  Throughout the book the reason for these longings comes ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36103190">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35409851">
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>In a quiet Amish community of Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania, time has stood still while cherished traditions and heartfelt beliefs have flourished.  But a secret lies buried that could shatter the tranquility its inhabitants have grown to love.  When Katie Lapp stumbles upon a satin infant gown...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35409851">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27775899">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jess]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jun 13 18:50:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a good book, and I'm glad I read it. I find Amish culture fascinating, so this book offered insight into a topic I've always wanted to read and learn about. Was this the best work of literature I've ever read? No. Frankly, I thought this book was pretty predictable. I saw the *surprise* end...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27775899">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66809878">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nancy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am drawn to all things Amish and, having seen these books many years ago, looked forward to beginning to read them. I was sorely disappointed. I liked our heroine, Katie, less and less as the book went on. The writing was mediocre. The characters weren't likable. The story was melodramatic. And I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66809878">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54400802">
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  <read_at>Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Katie Lapp is a young lady who was raised in an Amish home but never seemed to completley fit in. After taking her vow to comit to the Amish way of life, she discovered the secret that her parents had kept her whole life. Upon the realization that Katie wasn't Amish born, she begins to question who ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54400802">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Mar 26 20:41:37 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really can't believe so many people liked this book so much.  If it hadn't been about Amish people (which I find interesting and want to know more about) I would have put this book down before I finished it.  The author foreshadows the BIG SECRET of the book from the first chapter and if you haven...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17481159">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 10 16:03:19 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 10 16:03:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Amish-community genre was initially intriguing, but this book ends up disappointing.  Lewis manages to wring out all the charm and dimensionality of Amish life, leaving only a portrait of annoying and senselessly-cruel religious dogma. The story is so trite.  And entirely predictable.  And with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70766510">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Anne]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Feb 05 16:46:34 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was ok. Fairly predicatable, and had me rolling my eyes a bit about the predictability of the main character's choices and rationals. I was sort of ho-hum about it until the last chapter and then there was an &quot;Oh, SNAP!&quot; moment that made me want to read the next book. Despite bei...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45505643">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 06 20:53:09 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 20 06:22:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A book group choice. The plot was interesting enough that I wanted to read the sequel, but overall, I thought the writing was forgettable and often cliched. Also, I wasn't all that keen on the way the author chose to jump back and forth from a lot of different people's vantage points (this just gets...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17211118">more...</a>]]></body>
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