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The River
Lewis, Beverly

The River

9780764212451
Dewey 813/.54
LC Classification PS3562.E9383 .R58 2014
LC Control No. 2014012199

Genre

  • Fiction

Subject

  • Amish - Fiction
  • Lancaster County (Pa.) - Fiction
  • Sisters - Fiction

Plot

She looked once more at the dreaded river. Since Anna's death, it had been such a barrier . . . a place and a moment she could not seem to move past. A line I can't move beyond... The River Tilly and Ruth, two formerly Amish sisters, are plagued by unresolved relationships when they reluctantly return to Lancaster County for their parents' landmark wedding anniversary. Since departing their Plain upbringing, Tilly has married an Englisher, but Ruth remains single and hasn't entirely forgotten her failed courtship with her Amish beau.Past meets present as Tilly and Ruth yearn for acceptance and redemption. Can they face the future in the light of a past they can't undo?