About this title: Annie's People Book 1 - Lewis's loyal readers and new fans alike will be captivated by Annie and her people. The Preacher's Daughter begins a remarkable journey of heartache and homespun delight. Annie's People Book 1 - A new series from The New York Times bestselling author of the ABRAM'S DAUGHTERS series! The Preacher's Daughter begins a remarkable journey of heartache and homespun delight - a series readers will find impossible to forget. Paradise, Pennsylvania, is likened to a little slice of heaven on earth...but for Annie Zook - the preacher's eldest daughter - it seems like a dead-end ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780764201059ISBN:0764201050
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. paperback, clean pages, some wear to covers. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 349 p. Annie's People, 1. Audience: General/trade. I ship within 24 hours of your order, thank you! read more
Description: Fine. 0764201204 Excellent Condition Book Club Edition Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover! Clean pages, Dust jacket has no tears, mild shelf rubs, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers, Bloomington, MN
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780764201202ISBN:0764201204
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very nice clean tight hardback with only very light overall wear. pages clean and unmarked. dust jacket is very good as well with only very light edge rubbing and no chips or tears. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bethany House
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780764201202ISBN:0764201204
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Date Published: 2005-10-01
ISBN-13:9780764201059ISBN:0764201050
Description: Little to no noticible wear. in No noticible spine creases. jacket. Many of our books come from libraries & sellers. There may be a black mark erasing the name. We offer a monthly book review for our customers. read more
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"I am glad I kept reading more of Lewis's books. I love the characters in this one. The Amish ways fascinate me. This is my favorite. I do not like it when her Amish main characters consistently leave the Amish faith for the more modern Mennonite ways. It seems like a betrayal to their way of life to write every book that way. This one is different."
"Like the series of old, it doesn't have an ending per se, just a stopping point. Can be quite frustrating especially if you're used to at least a certain chapter closing in one's life. I would have to say this isn't the case with this book but it does make me want to read the next book in the series."
"The books of this series offer a glimpse into the somewhat hidden lives of the Amish. I found this first one of the Annie's People series delightful. The man character, a young woman, tries to live out the strict faith she has been taught while witnessing the steps toward "shunning" that another woman is experiencing because she resists her husband's abuse. At the same time, Anna is secretly painting pictures. It is not allowed by her family and she fears her father and the elders of the sect. Then she is attracted to a young man who is an "Englisher". Everyone who is not Amish, is called English. This book places heavy moral weight on such a young woman. Still it depicts the innocent joyfullness experienced by the faithful."
"The Preacher's Daughter, the first book in Lewis' Annie's People series, tells the story of Annie, a twenty-year-old Amish girl who loves to paint and struggles with the idea of obedience. Her father, Jesse, and mother, Barbara, want Annie to be baptized and fully embrace the Amish lifestyle. However, Annie's long-time pen-pal, Louisa, comes for a visit after leaving her fiancée at the alter and Annie's struggle is magnified. Thrown into the story are Annie's friend, Esther, and her troubled husband, Zeke, who is still traumatized by the disappearance of his younger brother, Isaac. The couple is helped by Annie's Mennonite cousins, Julia and Irvin, who also keep Annie's painting a secret.
This mash-up of people is The Preacher's Daughter greatest problem; there are so many characters that it's difficult to keep the story smooth. With every four paragraphs or so, the story switches from Annie and Louisa to being about Esther and Zeke and so on down the list of characters. The characters are interconnected because they are Amish or are/like family, but that doesn't mean this connection makes the story perfectly connected.
Even so, I still couldn't put The Preacher's Daughter down and I rushed to the library as soon as I finished the novel to pick up its sequel, The Englisher. The story has this mystery to it, this constant struggle that seeps into you and makes you want to read more. I just wish the book had focused more on Annie and give Esther and Zeke their dues later in their book."
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