{"id":1314,"date":"2009-04-15T21:44:16","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T02:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2009-04-15T21:44:16","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T02:44:16","slug":"the-secret-by-beverly-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=1314","title":{"rendered":"The Secret by Beverly Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

This week, the<\/span>
\nChristian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a>
\nis introducing<\/span>
\n The Secret<\/a><\/span>
\n(Bethany House May 1, 2009)
\nby
\nBeverly Lewis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Not until her own children were well into middle school did Bev seek to publish her work, first in magazines such as Highlights for Children, Dolphin Log<\/em>, and Guideposts for Kids<\/em>. Her first book followed in 1993\u2014Mountain Bikes<\/em> and Garbanzo Beans<\/em>\u2014presently retitled Big Bad Beans<\/em> (book #22 in the popular CUL-DE-SAC KIDS series of chapter books\u2014see list of Bev’s children’s books).<\/p>\n

Beverly’s first venture into adult fiction is the best-selling trilogy, THE HERITAGE OF LANCASTER COUNTY, including The Shunning<\/em>, a suspenseful saga of Katie Lapp, a young Amish woman drawn to the modern world by secrets from her past. The book is loosely based on the author’s maternal grandmother, Ada Ranck Buchwalter, who left her Old Order Mennonite upbringing to marry a Bible College student. One Amish-country newspaper claimed Beverly’s work to be “a primer on Lancaster County folklore” and offers “an insider’s view of Amish life.”<\/p>\n

Booksellers across the country, and around the world, have spread the word of Bev’s tender tales of Plain country life. A clerk in a Virginia bookstore wrote, “Beverly’s books have a compelling freshness and spark. You just don’t run across writing like that every day. I hope she’ll keep writing stories about the Plain people for a long, long time.”<\/p>\n

A member of the National League of American Pen Women, as well as a Distinguished Alumnus of Evangel University, Lewis has written over 80 books for children, youth, and adults, many of them award-winning. She and her husband, David, make their home in Colorado, where they enjoy hiking, biking, and playing with their three grandchildren. They are also avid musicians and fiction “book worms.”
\nABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In the seemingly ordinary Amish home of Grace Byler, secrets abound. Why does her mother weep in the night? Why does her father refuse to admit something is dreadfully wrong? Then, in one startling moment, everything Grace assumed she knew is shattered.<\/p>\n

Her mother’s disappearance leaves Grace reeling and unable to keep her betrothal promise to her long-time beau. Left to pick up the pieces of her life, Grace questions all she has been taught about love, family, and commitment.<\/p>\n

Heather Nelson is an English grad student, stunned by a doctor’s diagnosis. Surely fate would not allow her father to lose his only daughter after the death of his wife a few years before. In denial and telling no one she is terminally ill, Heather travels to Lancaster County– the last place she and her mother had visited together.<\/p>\n

Will Heather find healing for body and spirit? As the lives of four wounded souls begin to weave together like an Amish patchwork quilt, they each discover missing pieces of their life puzzles–and glimpse the merciful and loving hand of God.<\/p>\n

If you would like to read the first chapter of The Secret<\/a>, go HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Busy week so not enough time to give a review the attention I’d like. Just let me say that\u00a0 Beverly Lewis has once again written an intriguing story set in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. The first novel in a new series, The Secret<\/a> seems to set the stage for future installments. I have a few ideas about how things may play out but I will keep them to myself and not spoil it for other readers. The only problem I had with the story is that it left me hanging with no real resolution. I’m sure that is so I’ll be sure and read the next book in the series – much like soap opera strategy. I’ll admit that I’m usually a sucker for series so the plan works!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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