Showing Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish by Sue Bender

Paperback. Pub Date: October 1991 Pages: 176 in Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers I had an obsession with the of Amish Plan and simple. Objectively it made no sense. I. who worked hard at being special. Fell in love with a people who valued being ordinary.So begins Sue Bender's story. the captivating and inspiring true story of a harried urban Californian moved by the beauty of a display of quilts to seek out and live with the Amish. Discovering lives shaped by unfamiliar yet comforting ideas about time. work. and community. Bender is gently coaxed to consider. Is there another way to lead a good lifeHer journey begins in a New York men's clothing store. There she is spellbound by the viant colors and stunning geometric simplicity of the Amish quilts spoke directly to me. writes Bender. Somehow. they went straight to my heart.Heeding a persistent inner voice. Bender search...