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Random House Inc
November 2010
On Sale: October 26, 2010
256 pages
ISBN: 0345523784
EAN: 9780345523785
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Meg Hobart has everything: a happy marriage to a handsome,
successful husband, a beautiful home in Charlotte, North
Carolina, and three wonderful children. But it all comes
crashing down around her the day she learns that her
husband, James, has been living a lie—and has brought the
family to financial ruin. Penniless and homeless, the
Hobarts pack up what little they still possess and leave
behind their golden life for good. But it’s not the
material things Meg finds herself mourning. Instead, she
misses the certainty that she should remain married to
James, who has betrayed her trust so thoughtlessly. Worse,
she is suddenly very aware of just how spoiled her
children have become. Meg wonders what her family has
really sacrificed in their pursuit of the American dream. A frightening twist of fate forces the Hobarts to take
refuge with a kind Amish family in Pennsylvania, where
they find themselves in a home with no computers, no cell
phones, nothing the children consider fashionable or fun.
Her uncooperative brood confined to the Amish world of
hard work and tradition, their futures entirely uncertain,
Meg fears she can never make her family whole again. Celebrating life’s simplest but most essential values,
packed with laughter and tears, this is a story of
forgiveness and the power of love. You will never forget
the special moment in time that is An Amish
Christmas.
Comments
7 comments posted.
Re: An Amish Christmas
The Lutz Family
(Audra Holtwick 7:05pm November 1, 2010)
The Lutz Family
(Karen Cherubino 8:34pm November 5, 2010)
hi the book you talk about for
the amish i know for a fact they help all t he time we had a house fire and lost every thing and then they drove about 30 mile to the house and brought propane tanks and blanket and food for us and my pets they a also helped when the ice storm hit here they cut tree up and then hauled the wood away
(Desiree Reilly 9:54pm November 5, 2010)
lutz family
(Desiree Reilly 9:54pm November 5, 2010)
The Lutz family
(Joyce Kernan 4:37pm November 26, 2010)
When I saw the title AN AMISH CHRISTMAS, I was immediately reminded of my mother. She lived through Christmases in wartime Germany. People said those must have been horrible Christmases. She'd say, "Oh no. They were the best ones of our lives. We really discovered what Christmas meant: the gift of God's son, his love and protection. Very simple things became treasures: the ability to make even the meanest little cake and to be thankful for the fact that close family members were still alive." My parents tried to instill these values in us children. Our gifts were never lavish and consisted mostly of things we needed. How different today's generation is. Everybody needs a cellphone, an iPod, a computer. And you're right, most people believe it is their "right" to have these everything they want, no matter the expense. I think many have reached the point where they have nothing more to hope for, to look forward to, and constantly look for more and more outrageous and dangerous things to do. But they forget that millions in this world have no clean water and not enough food to sustain life. Do they not deserve this right as well?
(Sigrun Schulz 7:08pm November 27, 2010)
The Amish family is the Lutzs.
(Caroline Kolb 6:37pm November 28, 2010)
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