num_pages: 336
description: Take a trip to Bird-in-Hand Pennsylvania where youll meet the women of the Kauffman Amish Bakery in Lancaster County. As each womans story unfolds you will share in her heartaches trials joys dreams  and secrets. Youll discover how the simplicity of the Amish lifestyle can clash with the English way of lifeand the decisions and consequences that follow. Most importantly you will be encouraged by the hope and faith of these women and the importance they place on their families. In A Life of Joy the fourth installment in the series eighteen-year-old Lindsay Bedford has reached a crossroads. Should she stay in the small Amish community she's known and loved for four years or return to the English life in her hometown in Virginia where her older sister is a college student? An extended visit to Virginia might just tip the scales as Lindsay reconnects with friends joins a new church works on her GED and is pressured by her sister to stay and make something of herself. Will Lindsay leave her aunt Rebecca and become English or settle in Bird-in-Hand and join the Amish church? Legions of Clipston fans want to know. Full of well-researched Amish culture Clipston's book is true to form delivering the best of the Amish fiction genre wrapped around a compelling story with characters who will touch the hearts of loyal fans and new readers alike.
language: English
title: A Life of Joy
publisher: Zondervan