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    <body><![CDATA[Amish customs are fascinating. There is a time for every season. Their customs allow for a structured time of grieving. For example the person in mourning is to wear black for the grieving period of time. This signals everyone to be respectful of that persons feelings and time of sadness.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74614130">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Common themes in Amish fiction are family and faith. The interesting thing about &quot;The Sound of Sleigh Bells&quot; is that the two main characters are older single Amish women who run a store together. The older of the women, Aunt Lizzy wants to see her neice Beth to find love after being in mou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74453113">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Every time I read an Amish fiction novel, I am surely more and more pulled into it becoming one of my favorite genres. I have yet to find a piece of work that I have not thoroughly enjoyed. It is often surprising to me as I am a lover of mystery, suspense and quite frankly...horror. I once thought t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74357080">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I won this through the firstreads program and I'm so happy I did. It was a wonderful book that I would highly recommend to my Christian friends.<br/><br/>After the Amish faith's required six months of mourning following the death of her fiancee, Beth chooses to continue her mourning wearing only b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77790846">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My synopsis: Lizzy had been worried about Beth, her niece, for awhile. The mourning period for her fiance, Henry, should have ended almost a year before - but Beth still wore the traditional black, visited his grave regularly, and didn't allow herself any time to feel joy.<br/><br/>When Beth final...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74345054">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very easy short read – story about two single older Amish women.  Beth is grieve the lost of her fiancée and can’t seem to move forward in life when her Aunt, Lizzy, tries to manipulate her into a circumstance where she might get over her grief.  The main themes were self-forgiveness and taking...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79243900">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a pleasant surprise. I signed up to read it on Goodreads' Firstreads giveaway because the plot sounded interesting. It is. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6275220.The_Sound_of_Sleigh_Bells" title="The Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall">The Sound of Sleigh Bells</a> is about an Amish woman and Amish man, both of which have suffered loss. They both have scars that need healing, and each is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78005559">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beth Hertzler carries an emotional wound that has left her unwilling to open her heart to love again after her fiance passed away.  The problem is, that no one quite knows why she has drug out her mourning for him so long.  Into her life enters a young artist, who was also wounded years ago in a sle...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72963520">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beth Hertzler works alongside her beloved Aunt Lizzy in their dry goods store, and serving as contact of sorts between Amish craftsmen and Englischers who want to sell the Plain people’s wares. But remorse and loneliness still echo in her heart everyday as she still wears the dark garb, indicating...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73381610">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a nice, fresh insight into the Amish world without being forced. While it gave me a peek into the business side of Amish crafts and even some interesting insight into the whole graven images issue, the real impact of the book is dealing with forgiveness. Self-forgiveness.<br/><br/>Be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74745161">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was so excited to have the opportunity to read and review The Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall. She has a way of seamlessly combining the lifestyle of the Amish with a story with depth and meaning. It was interesting to read how Amish bishops have different ways of interpreting rules about...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71901058">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall is a moving novel of forgiving yourself placed within the Amish community. Beth Hertzler has devoted her life to working in her aunt Lizzy's shop as well as helping trade between the Amish and Englischers after the death of her fiance. The black mourning ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71484860">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had no idea that I would ever like an author's books this much.  Ever since I read her first series (Sisters of the Quilt) earlier this year, I literally cannot wait to get my hands on her newest offering.  Cindy's books have a way of touching me like few authors can.  The characters she creates a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70637954">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story has it all; amish ways, sentiment, romance, emotional healing, suspense, and surprises. It is an easy, enjoyable read, and the first book I've read by Cindy Woodsmall; it certainly won't be the last. The main character, Beth, needs emotional healing from a very bad experience she's been t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77783579">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very fast read. I finished one book today and picked up <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6275220.The_Sound_of_Sleigh_Bells" title="The Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall">The Sound of Sleigh Bells</a> and then next thing I knew I was done with it. I like Woodsmall's books about the Amish. This book was no exception. The book has a good story line and as most of these books turn out the characters are proba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80122781">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The sound of sleigh bells is something that brings great joy into the life of Beth Hertzler, yet the same sound brings pain to Jonah Kinsinger. This is a great Christmas or anytime read of growth, strength, forgiveness, moving forward, and romance with true love. Straight from the beginning even wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55691823">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Who would think that a Amish love story would be so captivating?  Cindy Woodsmall books offer the reader a look into another culture that for some of us is just next door.  The lure of living a simpler lifestyle is one of the reasons I find these books so appealing.  But I don't know if I would give...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74301752">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a charming holiday story and a fast read. I was hooked on the characters on the first page. The plot was a simple romance set among the Amish in Pennsylvania and Ohio. I enjoyed the insights into the courting traditions of the Amish. The lessons about self, forgivness, etc. transcend the cu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78263925">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a giveaway win for me.  4.5 stars - I wish it was longer!  I found myself getting a warm and fuzzy feeling at the end and smiling all the way through the conflict resolution.  Great story.  I definitely want to read the other Amish books by this author. The author presents the Amish way of l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78103648">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not usually attracted to the Amish genre but this was really a great book.  It wasn't about religion it was about two people who needed healing from their wounds.  With the help of a nosy aunt the two meet and begin their healing journey together!  It was a very sweet book and one I would recom...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80033641">more...</a>]]></body>
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