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Visits With the Amish: Impressions of the Plain Life
Imagine living without electricity, automobiles, telephones, or television, living as our forefathers did 100 years ago -- and as the Amish do today.Visits with the Amish penetrates the closed society of Amish communities in Iowa and North Carolina. Step into the homes, shops, schools, and buggies of real Amish families, attend a church service and a quilting bee, experience the quiet rhythms of work and play among these deeply religious people.
106 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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February 28, 2013
This book, Visits with the Amish, Impressions of the Plain Life by Linda Egenes, WITH WOODCUTS BY MARY AZARIAN astounds in a gentle way: the background matter, and the narratives, are full of love both because of the subject matter (the people the book is about) and the gentle flow of consciousness of the author creating the book (which we read). And the woodcut illustrations are worth the price of the book, too.
The book illustrates a way of life which strengthens by bringing the family members close to each other, and close to God.
The book has useful recipes. For food. But it shows how the Old Order Amish way of living works, too.
The author is a superlative writer.
Each chapter opens with exposition, as introduction and background, to the narrative of a visit, which follows. Excerpts from The Budget (a newspaper or periodical for the wider Amish community) give a broader area of information, i.e. other parts of the U.S.
The book is very interesting, fun and really rewarding reading. It's enjoyable to read. There are many informative and welcome facts about the customs.
The writer's style is unpretentious. The book is easy to read. It reads like a story. I have a simple and peaceful feeling while reading it.
Here is a quote from the third paragraph of Chapter 2: "The Amish believe that farmers live closest to God. 'On a farm, you can see that God is in all things that are alive and growing', explains Leah Peachy, an Amish woman I met in North Carolina."
The book illustrates a way of life which strengthens by bringing the family members close to each other, and close to God.
The book has useful recipes. For food. But it shows how the Old Order Amish way of living works, too.
The author is a superlative writer.
Each chapter opens with exposition, as introduction and background, to the narrative of a visit, which follows. Excerpts from The Budget (a newspaper or periodical for the wider Amish community) give a broader area of information, i.e. other parts of the U.S.
The book is very interesting, fun and really rewarding reading. It's enjoyable to read. There are many informative and welcome facts about the customs.
The writer's style is unpretentious. The book is easy to read. It reads like a story. I have a simple and peaceful feeling while reading it.
Here is a quote from the third paragraph of Chapter 2: "The Amish believe that farmers live closest to God. 'On a farm, you can see that God is in all things that are alive and growing', explains Leah Peachy, an Amish woman I met in North Carolina."
May 24, 2014
Sitting down to read Visits with the Amish, Impressions of the Plain Life, by Linda Egenes, I was instantly transported into a world where there is no sense of time. A world in which the pressures of my daily life—of the unanswered emails, the flashing phone notifications, and looming work deadlines simply fell away for a while.
This non-fiction book is written in a style that matches the candidness of which the Amish people live. It paints a picture of the simple yet profoundly family-oriented daily lives of a people who have turned away from the modern life as we know it.
Through Visits with the Amish, we get to peek into the closed off world of a people who live today as we did just a few generations ago. We get to meet their delightful children as they go about their daily chores, and ride with them on the Iowa farm roads in their black buggies. We get to go to their one room school houses for lessons, and sit in with the entire Amish community as they get together in their homes for their Sunday service.
Quite simply we get to see the world through their eyes—the eyes of a people untouched by our modern day distractions. And we get to live for a moment, if only in our imaginations, that sweetness of a simpler life.
This non-fiction book is written in a style that matches the candidness of which the Amish people live. It paints a picture of the simple yet profoundly family-oriented daily lives of a people who have turned away from the modern life as we know it.
Through Visits with the Amish, we get to peek into the closed off world of a people who live today as we did just a few generations ago. We get to meet their delightful children as they go about their daily chores, and ride with them on the Iowa farm roads in their black buggies. We get to go to their one room school houses for lessons, and sit in with the entire Amish community as they get together in their homes for their Sunday service.
Quite simply we get to see the world through their eyes—the eyes of a people untouched by our modern day distractions. And we get to live for a moment, if only in our imaginations, that sweetness of a simpler life.
June 28, 2008
Not as good as the Sue Bender book, Plain and Simple
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