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| Going Home (Brides of Webster County, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Wanda E. Brunstetter
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc
Category: Book
List Price: $10.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 28045
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1597896098
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781597896092
ASIN: 1597896098
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Wonderful and true portrayal of the Amish June 1, 2008
I may be in a bit of a different position than many as I live among the Amish. In fact in a former Amish house. The Amish, as well as myself love her books. They are even carried in the local Amish country store. there are some authors that the Amish will NOT buy, due to a false portrayal of the Amish.
Wanda gives a true portrayal of many of the Amish. You can't pigeon hole the Amish , anymore than you can English. their practices do vary from area to area, state to state and even Bishop to Bishop.
Amish do leave the church and some return. I think the Amish way of life is simpler, and in some ways much better than us "English".
While you are buying this pick up the Rachel Yoder books for the young girl in your life. MY 11 year old has eagerly awaited the 2 new books
Brides of WebsterCounty February 18, 2008
I do enjoy the 1st book by Wanda E.Brunstetter,but i am still waitting for book#2
 Don't expect much February 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wanda is trying but her books are not very good. Comparing them to Beverly Lewis is the problem because Beverly is SOOOO good. Wanda's books were dry, unemotional, rushed and shallow. Many of the plots don't make sense and a lot of what is done would never happen in an Amish community or home. She needs to get inside her characters a LOT more. I also found a lot of errors in grammar and typos in the text in all the books of hers i have read. I have never seen so many errors. This tells me they are rushing her to write and rushing everything to print to make a buck and trying to capitalize off of Beverly Lewis' excellent success writing about the Amish.
I read Wanda's books out of boredom and waiting for the next Bev Lewis to come out. It wasn't worth the $13.00 but if you can get them for free at the library and you have some time to kill AND you truly cannot find anything else to read (how about some Jane Austen?)... then go for it but don't expect much.
Books to read January 23, 2008
Never having had read this author before, I was a bit skeptical at first, but the more I read, the more hooked I became. Will definitely pass this book along to my church library for others to enjoy as well.
 Faith plans to go home to leave again... January 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Faith left home at eighteen to follow her dream of country type performing on the stage, mostly by yodeling and joke telling. The man she married was more agent than husband, but he kept her busy. Along came a little daughter who was rather dragged from motel to stage, to sitters and back to the motel. Not an ideal way to raise a little girl.
When Faith's husband is killed suddenly, she is forced to make a decision, and decides to take her little girl home to the Plain people, get her settled, then leave for the stage again. In the meantime, she must dress, act and try to pass as Amish.
Now twenty eight years old, Faith struggles with the questions her parents keep asking her about church. Since she knows she is not staying, she does not intend to join the church. Some of her old friends and family are quite understanding of her circumstances,her mother finally comes around, but her father stays aloof, gruff and less lovable than she would like.... however she has told no one she plans to leave again.
Noah is an unusual sort of Amish man. He prefers baking to farm work, and has such low self esteem he is sure no woman will ever want him as husband. However, he is a jewel, a real Christian, wholesome man, and befriends Faith. The reader falls in love with Noah as well!
This book drags a bit, with not much depth, but it is a light, happy story of which younger girls would probably enjoy reading.
Just the day Faith intends to tell the family and her daughter of her plans to leave, her mother surprises her with a horribly strict ultimatum which really bothered me, and she walks in the barn to hear her eight year old daughter yodeling and telling her audience of kittens that someday she is going to be an entertainer on the stage just like her Mommy. Obviously, heart broken and feelings all mixed up, Faith makes a huge decision.
I am anxious for the next book. Thank you Wanda for an easy reading, simple little love story, pure and sweet.
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