num_pages: 332
description: Julie Charlton is at the breaking point. She's overwhelmed and burned out and in today's unrelenting society her kids are too. When her sister-in-law Susan a Martha Stewart-in-training lands the chance to participate in a reality TV series promoting simple living and needs another family to join her it seems like the perfect opportunity. The location is an idyllic farm outside an Amish community in Tennessee. Julie with her two children joins Susan and her teenage daughter for a summer adventure. Susan needs to succeed in order to become self-sufficient after an ugly divorce Julie needs to slow down long enough to remember what her priorities are and regain a sense of purpose and meaning. It becomes clear from the start that living simple is no simple matter. With the camera watching every move Susan's drive for perfection feels a lot like what they left behind while Julie suddenly finds herself needing to stand up for slowing down. With each new challenge their season of going Amish gets more and more complicated as each woman learns unexpected lessons about herself and her family.
language: English
title: Almost Amish
publisher: Bethany House