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106th out of 189 books
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Never Far from Home (Miller Family #2)
by
Mary Ellis (Goodreads Author)
Mary Ellis follows her captivating "Widow's Hope" with a new story from the heart of Holmes County, Ohio. In "Never Far From Home," fifteen-year-old Emma Miller finishes school, starts her own wool business, and is longing for someone to court. When the object of her affection is a handsome English sheep farmer, with a fast truck and modern methods, her deacon father, Simo...more
Paperback, 298 pages
Published
January 1st 2010
by Harvest House Publishers
(first published December 10th 2009)
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This is the second book in the: "Miller Family Series" and was just as wonderful as the first: "A Widow's Hope."
In this second instalment we continue to follow the lives of Hannah and Seth Miller and Emma Miller, the eldest daughter of Julia and Seth Miller who is the county's Deacon in their old Amish order.
Emma, an industrious, self-motivated young woman of sixteen announces to her parents that she wants to take her "...full rumschpringe". At sixteen, girls can date, attend approved get-togeth...more
In this second instalment we continue to follow the lives of Hannah and Seth Miller and Emma Miller, the eldest daughter of Julia and Seth Miller who is the county's Deacon in their old Amish order.
Emma, an industrious, self-motivated young woman of sixteen announces to her parents that she wants to take her "...full rumschpringe". At sixteen, girls can date, attend approved get-togeth...more
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Jul 19, 2011
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This second book in The Miller Family series continues Hannah's story and her young niece, Emma who has just started her "rumschpringe" as she finds herself enamored with an Englischer. She has started raising sheep like her Aunt, and James is a sheep farmer with a fast truck, and modern ways. An engaging story about waiting on God for His perfect timing and discovering that dreams planted close to home can grow a lasting harvest of hope and love.
Just as good as the first book in this series, an...more
Just as good as the first book in this series, an...more
This is the second novel in the Miller Family Series by Mary Ellis. This author grew up close to an Ohio Amish Community, and this series is about a family of Amish who interact with "Englishers". In this one, the daughter of a family falls in love with an Englisher and the two of them have the resulting differences to overcome in order to have a relationship. A buggy accident alters the course of their lives, and the novel leaves readers waiting for #3 to continue the story. Very sweet, and mor...more
From my blog...[return]Never Far From Home is the second book in The Miller Family Series by Mary Ellis, and is a rather charming novel about Amish families and life along with their joys and troubles. Emma Miller has recently turned 16 and she has informed her parents she fully intends to take her year of Rumschpringe, much to the dismay of Simon and Julia. Emma's aunt Hannah has noticed her young niece pining after a young sheep farmer, the problem is James Davis is an Englischer. Hannah barel...more
In Never Far From Home, Emma Miler is a 15 year old Old Order Amish young lady who has finished school and who has begun her own wool business by raising sheep, shearing them, dying the wool and weaving it, and then selling it. She is beginning to think of the "courting" she might do and her "running around" time.
We have to remember that the Amish children do not typically attend school as long as non-Amish do. They assume adult responsibilities much younger as well.
Mary Ellis weaves this story...more
We have to remember that the Amish children do not typically attend school as long as non-Amish do. They assume adult responsibilities much younger as well.
Mary Ellis weaves this story...more
At the beginning I was a little annoyed with the characters. I thought Emma was a bit of a suck up to her daed, and I wondered how her daed got things done in the fields because it seemed like all he did was look for things his kids were doing wrong. But the book got better after Emma turned 16, she got a little bit of an attitude, like most teenagers and stopped sucking up. All in all I liked it, but I didn't realize this was the second book in a series when I bought it. (I need to go read the...more
This was a great book and I could not put it down. I loved the different obsticals that were all a part of eachother and I liked seeing how they all ended up comming together in the end. I loved this book, and I can't wait to read the rest of the series.
This series is wonderful, It is a book you can't lay down until you are finished reading and then you are looking for the next book in the series.
Wonderful book and series. The story of Emma and James was great. I loved hearing about all the Miller's. Looking forward to reading the next in the series.
Emma, a young Amish girl courts James, an Englisher. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Novel of a young Amish girl who falls in love with an Englisher. Not sure how realistic it is, but it was nice.
Liked the story kind of slow at some parts.
enjoyable book -- easy to read
a wonderful book
Good book.
LOVED this book! Mary Ellis wrote this book with many twists and turns and it wasn't "predictable" at all. I love it when a story keeps me guessing what the end will be!! GREAT BOOK!
I loved it. Mary Ellis had my guessing/wondering what was going to happen in the book or how the book was going to end. Cant what to read the third book in the series.
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Mary Ellis grew up close to the Amish where she loved their peaceful agrarian lifestyle and strong sense of Christian community. She and her husband now live by the largest population of Old Order in the country where they take weekend trips to research her books. Mary enjoys reading, traveling, gardening, bicycling and swimming. Before “retiring” to write full-time, Mary taught Middle School and...more
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