Lewis lives with her husband in Colorado near their family. She welcomes her many reader-friends each day on Facebook and personally replies to fan mail. As the long-kept secret emerges into the light of day, can the Millers find a way forward through the turmoil to a place of forgiveness? About the Author Beverly Lewis penned her first story at age nine while living near Lancaster County Amish farmland, where she grew up. Against her better judgment, Sylvia opens the heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life and alter everything for her close-knit Old Order Amish family. With her parents twentieth anniversary approaching, eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller finds her fathers cherished brass tinderbox left unlocked. Maybe so, but all the same, I wished I knew something more about his past. Mamma says its like he was born to be Amish. Can the Millers find a way forward through the turmoil to a place of forgiveness and acceptance? From the Back Cover Ive marveled at Dats ability to accept the Old Ways so readily, considering his modern upbringing. The long-kept secret alters everything for the close-knit family, jeopardizing Earnest and Rhodas relationship, as well as threatening Sylvias recent engagement to the preachers grandson. Burdened by the weight of his deception, Earnest Miller decides he must reveal the details about his past to his beloved wife, Rhoda. To her amazement, the respected convert to the Old Order reacts as if he has something to hide. Sylvias bewilderment grows when her father confronts her about snooping in the box. Against her better judgment, Sylvia opens the cherished heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life. Book Synopsis 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. Our 1700s style tinder box was a mainstay of trappers, traders, voyageur and coureurs de bois back in the day, and now you can store your tinder, tobacco, batteries, ear plugs or other valuables in a copper, brass or German silver tinder box of your own. A confrontation with her father leads to a shocking revelation that will forever change not only her own life but also that of her family and her Amish community. She opens the box and uncovers secrets best left alone. About the Book When Sylvia Miller finds her fathers old tinderbox left unlocked, her curiosity is piqued.
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