Meek and Mild – Much Less Morose ~ Review by Susan Scott Ferrell After reading Olivia Newport’s Wonderful Lonesome (first in her Amish Turns of Time series), I was left wanting more…and also found it to be rather depressing. I had hoped to read more about the characters in Book Two, but that wasn’t to […]
If I say, “Amish school,” what do you think of? I’m going to guess that two things pop into your mind. First, that Amish students leave school after eighth grade, and second, that they study in a private one-room schoolhouse with an Amish teacher. These things haven’t always been true. In fact, before the 1950s, […]
Maybe not all of you know me. But you’re stopping by Destination Amish because you enjoy stories about the Amish—or at least you’re curious. A little background: I first became interested in writing about the Amish when I discovered a family line that traced back to the 1738 arrive of the Charming Nancy in Philadelphia. […]