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Sue Bender
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Plain and Simple: A Journey to the Amish |
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176 |
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1991-10-25 |
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0062501860 |
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HarperOne |
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0.65 pounds |
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0.41 x 6.0 x 8.0 inches |
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aardvark (USA: IL) (2007/10/26):
From Publishers Weekly
Modern-day career woman and homemaker Bender tells of the compulsion--for Amish dolls and quilts that seemed to evoke a simpler life--that took her from New York State to Iowa and Ohio, where she lived with sympathetic Amish families and began the journey of self-discovery here described. The unvarying rhythm of "plain" lives, the importance placed on every day's manual labor and the absence of contemporary distractions such as telephones and microwaves proved revelatory; the one-time Californian was awed by "an aesthetic leanness, a paring down that I have come to appreciate." In her graceful tribute to a community of people who value the ordinary as an end in itself, Bender allows us to sojourn vicariously miles away from the frenzy of contemporary urban life.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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