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The Thorn (Rose Trilogy #1)
The first book in a stirring new saga of two Amish sisters on the fringe of the church--and the unforeseen discoveries that change their lives
ebook, 282 pages
Published
September 7th 2010
by Bethany House Publishers
(first published January 1st 2010)
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Rose Kaufman and her parents live as Old Order Amish in southern Lancaster county Pennsylvania. She has an older sister named Hannah that is married to an Englisher and they have a young daughter named Mattie Sue. Hannah and her husband Brandon do not live as the Amish. Brandon is repugnant towards Hannah's family and the Amish world. In this first book of The Rose Trilogy, Hannah (nick-named Hen) and her husband are at odds against each other. As Mattie Sue grows, Hen sees the error in marrying...more
There are no Amish communities in New Zealand, where I live, but books on the Amish fly out the door of the library I work in. There is an appeal to reading about different lives and culture, and the choices people make. Perhaps it's because we lead such complicated lives now, with huge choices that a very prescribed, simple life seems so ideal?
this is the first in a trilogy about two Amish sisters. Hen - Hannah - fell in love with en "englisher" she met on a snowy night. Disobeying her family,...more
this is the first in a trilogy about two Amish sisters. Hen - Hannah - fell in love with en "englisher" she met on a snowy night. Disobeying her family,...more
Beverly Lewis is a wonderful storyteller with an ear for dialogue and her knowledge and affection for the Amish community is evident throughout. This book begins the Rose Trilogy. The story is mainly about Rose and her sister Hen. Rose is completely devoted to the Lord and the Church, having forsaken her running around time to join the Church early. She is working on her father's farm, helping out in the stables and to take care of her invalid mother. One day a week she cooks and cleans for a no...more
In “The Thorn”, Lewis’s most recently nominated title for the 2011 Christy Award, she returns to her beloved Lancaster County this time to tell the story of the Kauffman sisters as they struggle with their faith and their relationships with the men in their lives. Hen, the elder sister, is an impetuous woman who regrets her decision to leave her Old-Order Amish family to marry a worldly husband when she sees the negative effects of the modern world on her four-year-old daughter and her marriage....more
The Thorn is the first in this series, but I had read The Judgement first so I was really glad to get this book so that I could see what happened to Rose's mama and why she was in a wheel chair and I also wanted to see how Christian died. Rose was all the way Amish so much so that she didn't even want to have her running around time as a teen and went ahead and was baptized into the church. She had her boyfriend Silas but she was also very good friends with the Bishops' adopted son Nick. Nick wa...more
This story revolves around sisters Hannah (Hen) and Rose Ann Kauffman. Hen left the faith to marry Brandon, and Englisher, but after five years and a daughter she is longing for the life she left behind. She takes a job working in a fabric shop and soon starts wearing amish attire and making amish dresses for her daughter Mattie Sue, even though her husband is against it. When she decides to take a break from her marriage and move back home, will it be the end of her marriage, and how will the c...more
Rose Kauffman is sure she will always be Amish, in fact she is so positive, she did not have a rumschpringe. She joined the church without having one. Will she regret doing that? She is positive that she will not regret it, she loves her life and she loves being Amish. Rose is stretched a bit thin with all the things she has to do, taking care of her mother, and her regular chores. Plus working for Mr. Browning cooking and cleaning, time often is not a commodity that is plentiful for Rose, but s...more
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Title: THE THORN
Author: Beverly Lewis
Publisher: Bethany House
September 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7642-0574-3
Genre: Inspirational/Amish
Rose Ann Kauffman joined church when she was only fifteen to please her father and ailing mother. But she’s close friends with the Bishop’s foster son, a young man who has yet to join church and openly flaunts some of the English ways.
Hannah, Rosie’s older sister, married an English man, and they have a young daughter. But now, Hen is yearning for her Amish roots. She take...more
Author: Beverly Lewis
Publisher: Bethany House
September 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7642-0574-3
Genre: Inspirational/Amish
Rose Ann Kauffman joined church when she was only fifteen to please her father and ailing mother. But she’s close friends with the Bishop’s foster son, a young man who has yet to join church and openly flaunts some of the English ways.
Hannah, Rosie’s older sister, married an English man, and they have a young daughter. But now, Hen is yearning for her Amish roots. She take...more
This is the first book in The Rose Trilogy series, a new series by Beverly Lewis.
I was graciously sent this copy to review by Bethany House Publishers but am under no obligation to write a positive review, just an honest review.
The Thorn primarily follows the stories of two sisters, Rose Ann (aka Rosie) and Hannah (aka Hen). The two have taken drastically different paths with Rosie getting baptized into the church at a young age, and not even participating in a running around period. Hen however...more
I was graciously sent this copy to review by Bethany House Publishers but am under no obligation to write a positive review, just an honest review.
The Thorn primarily follows the stories of two sisters, Rose Ann (aka Rosie) and Hannah (aka Hen). The two have taken drastically different paths with Rosie getting baptized into the church at a young age, and not even participating in a running around period. Hen however...more
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The Thorn is book one in Beverly Lewis's Rose Trilogy. It's the story of two Amish sisters. One, nicknamed Hen, leaves the church to marry an Englisher. Five years afterward when her young daughter begins to reflect the ways of the world instead of the values Hen grew up with, she begins longing for the Amish values and traditions. Causing upheaval in her marriage, she goes back to her parents' home to "get some space" and try to reconnect with her roots and let her daughter experience the richn...more
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Beverly Lewis is a gifted storyteller. I enjoyed the story line about Rose who was a young woman with a love for her lifestyle and family. She has a heart for her sister who left the community and went into the world and was now facing marital issues that are heartbreaking to her family. The only real problem I had with the book is that it would seem, thus far, that the only faith real is Amish faith. Yes, one growing up in the Amish community would believe this. However, this idea is sadly not...more
This is the first book of The Rose Trilogy. It is the story of the two Kauffman sisters. Rose, a young Amish woman who joined the church at 15, has a close friendship with the bishop's rebellious foster son Nick, and is also being courted by Silas, a good Amish man. Rose also works doing cleaning and cooking for an English widower, but is curious as to why he never lets anyone upstairs, and she wonders what he is hiding. Rose is also primarily responsible for caring for their crippled mother.
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Why I wanted to read this book:
* I believe that no one does Amish fiction like Beverly Lewis and whenever she has a new book I'm the first on the list of requests!!
What worked for me:
* I absolutely loved the premise of the storyline for this trilogy. I think Lewis is really taking risks in this book and writing about taboo subjects within the Amish culture and shedding some light on them.
* Lewis portrays the Amish as real humans, not saints and that is why I really enjoy her books.
* Many of...more
* I believe that no one does Amish fiction like Beverly Lewis and whenever she has a new book I'm the first on the list of requests!!
What worked for me:
* I absolutely loved the premise of the storyline for this trilogy. I think Lewis is really taking risks in this book and writing about taboo subjects within the Amish culture and shedding some light on them.
* Lewis portrays the Amish as real humans, not saints and that is why I really enjoy her books.
* Many of...more
Over the past year, I have read a lot of books by Beverly Lewis. Most of the time, I feel like they are missing something. Her plots are not bad though they can tend to get predictable and she will lapse into moments of detail, but I finally decided the problem is that she does not show her readers enough, she simply tells them. In this particular book, her writing style is not improved. She does create a better plot though in this first book. She uses her characters to create a lot of tension a...more
I've read almost all of Beverly Lewis books. They are easy to read, I usually finish a book within a week.
This one is about two sisters - One who's name is Hen and the other who's name is Rose. Hen left the Amish community several years ago by running away with an English man (non Amish) and getting married. Now, she's yearning to go back home and show her little girl her Amish roots. Her husband Brandon is furious about this whole thing and threatens that if she leaves for the Amish life, she...more
This one is about two sisters - One who's name is Hen and the other who's name is Rose. Hen left the Amish community several years ago by running away with an English man (non Amish) and getting married. Now, she's yearning to go back home and show her little girl her Amish roots. Her husband Brandon is furious about this whole thing and threatens that if she leaves for the Amish life, she...more
Lewis is always an excellent storyteller. I am fascinated by her portrayal of Amish life. The characters are so honest and true-to-life in their personalities, concerns, and relationships.
One of the most interesting dynamics in this novel is that of Hen and Brandon (an Englischer). I think the sharp contrasts between Amish and fancy life are made even more apparent with this couple and Mattie Sue, the half-English daughter whom Hen now wants to raise with the Amish values she learned as a child....more
One of the most interesting dynamics in this novel is that of Hen and Brandon (an Englischer). I think the sharp contrasts between Amish and fancy life are made even more apparent with this couple and Mattie Sue, the half-English daughter whom Hen now wants to raise with the Amish values she learned as a child....more
I've read at least a dozen other Amish novels by Beverly Lewis. I've enjoyed all of them. Unfortunately this one has been my least favorite. For some reason I still can't figure out I just didn't connect with the characters in this one or really care about the story. It was still a good read, one I don't regret taking the time to read and I'll likely read the sequels sometime in the future just to find out how the story ends. I think it was just a problem of having too high of expectations and b...more
It was kind of a different twist on some of the Amish relationships. I get really annoyed with the sister that wants to return to her previous Amish life that she shunned, to the detriment of her Englisher husband, who is really taken aback at her desire to leave the life she so desperately wanted to leave. I got frustrated with the main character who won't admit her feelings for the neighbor boy who was adopted into the fold, but is forever an outsider. She chose the "safe" road with a nigling...more
The dichotomy between the two sisters is the most interesting part of the book. It is almost as though they are older and younger versions of the same person. It will be interesting to see how the trilogy plays out to see how much the younger sister is influenced by the choices of the elder.
This book is certainly better than most fiction about the Amish that I have read. It was well-written, and I felt as though most of the characters had true human emotions. It's tough to review the first book...more
This book is certainly better than most fiction about the Amish that I have read. It was well-written, and I felt as though most of the characters had true human emotions. It's tough to review the first book...more
I had never heard of the "Amish Romance" genre before a friend loaned me "The Rose Trilogy" by Beverly Lewis. She is a wildly succesful author in this genre, having written 70 bestsellers, with several adapted into movies. Coming off reading "The Glass Castle" by Jeanette Walls I wanted to read something light, where everything works out at the end. The trilogy was a very quick read, with a simple romance at the core of the story. You can see the plot twists coming a mile away, and some of the w...more
I just finished this book last night. I loved it and can't wait to start "The Judgement". My hopes for the next 2 books in the series is that, from a spiritual standpoint, Hen does a bit of growing up. Returning to her Amish roots is not going to fix all her problems. She has a husband who she vowed to love and she has to try to meet him halfway. Granted, Brandon seems like a jerk, but we are not given his point of view. And times like these bring out the worst in people. I think Hen needs to be...more
Jun 21, 2011
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Beverly Lewis's writing style is like the Amish that she writes about: slow paced, but beautiful. I enjoy reading about the problems some characters have with being torn between being Amish and being part of the outside world. Hen thought she wanted to leave, and left to marry a man who is totally opposed to the world. But after she had a child, Hen started to long for her child to be taught the Amish way. She must choose between staying with her husband and being Amish. Nick was adopted and is...more
Two sisters, one Amish, the other Fancy. Both yearning for the place in their roots, where they belong.
Amish fiction abounds in today’s Christian book market, but I truly believe that one of the few authors that does it incredible justice is Beverly Lewis. Though her stories can often tend toward the slow side, I know I can always count on her fiction delivering a strong story.
I enjoyed this first installment in the new series The Rose Trilogy, THE THORN. With one sister in the “world” and the...more
Amish fiction abounds in today’s Christian book market, but I truly believe that one of the few authors that does it incredible justice is Beverly Lewis. Though her stories can often tend toward the slow side, I know I can always count on her fiction delivering a strong story.
I enjoyed this first installment in the new series The Rose Trilogy, THE THORN. With one sister in the “world” and the...more
I thought this was a really good book. I can't wait to see where the next book will take Hen and Rose in their journey. I am sure it was really hard for Hen to take Mattie Sue away from her husband and go back to her "plain" way of living. She did however make a choice to live his life (not the plain way) so I hope he finds the Lord and she will feel better about their marriage. I think she would feel better if he were a Christian, living the Christian life, and they would have something to shar...more
The Thorn by Beverly Lewis is the first book in the Rose series. Rose Ann Kauffman has always been the good daughter in her Amish family. The youngest of several children, at twenty-one, she' responsible for caring for her disabled mother since her brothers are all married with families of their own and elder sister Hen left the community to marry her Englischer husband. Rose's long friendship with the bishop's foster son, Nick, may be the only thing keeping him from leaving the Amish, but what...more
In the first novel of Beverly Lewis’s The Rose Trilogy, we meet two Amish sisters and their family. One sister chooses to leave the Amish community when she falls in love with an Englisher. There is much regret over this decision, and while trying to cope with the aftermath, another tragedy strikes the community. Beverly Lewis expertly manages to address the issues of the closed Amish community existing in an English nation while weaving a engrossing story of love and romance, belief and rebelli...more
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Beverly Lewis, raised in Pennsylvania Amish country and both a schoolteacher and an accomplished musician, has been an award-winning author for over a dozen years. Her acclaimed novel, The Preacher's Daughter, was a 2006 Quill Book Award finalist in the romance category. Her books have appeared on numerous best...more
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Beverly Lewis, raised in Pennsylvania Amish country and both a schoolteacher and an accomplished musician, has been an award-winning author for over a dozen years. Her acclaimed novel, The Preacher's Daughter, was a 2006 Quill Book Award finalist in the romance category. Her books have appeared on numerous best...more
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