Steven M. Nolt
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
"The remarkable response of the Amish community to the horrific shooting of ten schoolgirls at Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, in October 2006 stunned the larger world. Amish Grace tells the incredible story of this community's reaction to this senseless shooting and explores its profoundly countercultural practice of forgiveness." "Outsiders often hold a stereotypical view of the Amish as a stubbornly backwards people - a view rooted in the picturesque...
4) Amish grace
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
When a tragedy takes the lives of five Amish schoolgirls in Pennsylvania, Ida, the mother of one of the girls, faces a profound test of faith. As she begins to feel like an outsider within her own community, Ida must decide whether or not to stay with the Amish, and her beloved husband.