Even the Plain People have mysteries to solve
As another college year draws to an end, Professor Michael
Branden is weary after nearly thirty years of teaching.
Sitting in his office on a warm spring day, he receives an
unexpected visit from an Amish man who claims his brother, a
dwarf like himself, has been murdered. Their discussion of
the odd details of the case is interrupted by a commotion on
campus, which turns out to be the apparent suicide of a
young college woman, who it seems has leapt to her death
from the college bell tower. The investigations of these two deaths become intertwined as
Professor Branden again teams up with Pastor Cal Troyer and
Sheriff Bruce Robertson to seek explanations for these
bizarre events. Set against the rift between two Amish factions, one
participating in a college study of genetic traits
particular to their community and the other rejecting any
outside influence, Separate from the World takes us inside
the culture and, in a manner both gentle and grim,
highlights the complex relationship of the Amish and the
"English" as their separate worlds intersect.
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