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The Tinderbox
The Tinderbox | Beverly Lewis
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On the day before her Amish parents' twentieth wedding anniversary, Sylvia Miller stumbles across the key to the old brass tinderbox her father keeps in his Lancaster County watch repair shop. Piqued by curiosity, Sylvia unlocks the cherished heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life. Once Sylvia overcomes her shock, she confronts her father about the contents of the box. To her amazement, the respected convert to the Old Order admits that he is not fit to be a member of the Hickory Hollow Amish church--in fact, he never was. Burdened by the weight of his deception, Earnest Miller reveals the details about his past to Sylvia--and to his wife, Rhoda. The long-kept secret alters everything for the close-knit family, and when word of Earnest's deceit reaches others in the community, the truth pits Amish neighbors against one another and threatens to dry up Earnest's livelihood--as well as to break up Sylvia's engagement to the preacher's grandson. Can the Millers find a way forward through the turmoil to a place of forgiveness and acceptance?
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JenlovesJT47
The Tinderbox | Beverly Lewis
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The short: Sylvia finds her dad‘s (a former “Englisher” turned Amish) tinderbox open, and curiosity gets the better of her. She opens it and finds a pocket watch engraved with the “from Rosalind”. Everything soon blows up and his secret is out: before becoming Amish, he was briefly married to Rosalind and subsequently divorced. He never told his wife or children, and in the Amish community this is a big deal. He confesses to the church and ⬇️

JenlovesJT47 Starts working on repairing the relationships with his wife and children, and his reputation. This story was slow and plodding like an Amish horse, but eventually I did get sucked in and wanted to find out what happened. Shockingly, things are not all wrapped up at the end, and there is a twist I didn‘t see coming. It was good enough that I want to read book 2, so I would give this 3.5⭐️ 6y
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The Tinderbox | Beverly Lewis
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“With her Amish parents' twentieth anniversary approaching, eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller stumbles across a surprise--the old brass tinderbox her clockmaker father keeps in his Lancaster County shop has been left unlocked. Against her better judgment, Sylvia opens the cherished heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life.”

TheReadingNurse I love Beverly Lewis! I have read a few of her books and I have loved all of them 6y
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