The bridesmaid
Record details
- ISBN: 1410450821 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781410450821 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 403 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2012.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "Joanna Kurtz has made several trips to the altar, but never as a bride. The single young Amishwoman is a closet writer whose stories aren't her only secret. Eben Troyer hopes to make Joanna his bride - if he can ever leave his parents' farm in Shipshewana, Indiana. Yet Eben's hope to build a life with Joanna hinge on his brother's return from the English world"--Page 2 of cover. |
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Subject: | Large type books Amish farmers Indiana Fiction Women authors Fiction Amish women Pennsylvania Lancaster County Fiction |
Genre: | Love stories. Christian fiction. |
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Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | LG PR FIC LEWIS, BEVERLY Hickory 2 (Text) | 34027129540129 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton | FIC LEWIS L.T. ed. (Text) | 34025132163335 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Author Notes
The Bridesmaid
Beverly Lewis was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1949. She received a degree in music education from Evangel University. She grew up as an Assembly of God minister's daughter. Although she was not Amish, she had a close family connection to Old Order Mennonites, including her maternal grandmother who left the Mennonite community when she married. Her first book, Mountain Bikes and Garbanzo Beans (now titled Big Bad Beans) was published in 1993. Since then she has written over eighty books. Her titles for children and young adults include several series including the Cul-De-Sac Kids, the Girls Only (GO!), and the Holly's Heart. Her adult fiction books include The Heritage of Lancaster County series, the Abram's Daughters series, The Rose Trilogy, and the Home to Hickory Hollow series. She has received numerous awards including two Silver Angel Awards for The Postcard and Annika's Secret Wish and a Gold Book Award for The Shunning. In 2014, she made The New York Times Best Seller List with her title Child of Mine. Her title, The Love Letters, made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography)