Meek and Mild: 02 (Amish Turns of Time) - Tapa blanda

Newport writes her Amish books with style and grace. Meek and Mild is a well written novel with characters who are sweet, caring, and determined to follow what they believe is the best for them, not necessarily what the bishop wants. This is a lovely tale of attempting to reconcile one's desires with one's faith.-- (02/01/2015)

The leadership in an Old Order Amish community requires shunning friends and family whose only offense is to embrace the new Protestant practice of Sunday school among the Mennonites, but teaching Bible stories to children is one of Clara Kuhns’ great joys. Clara’s on the verge of saying yes to Andrew Raber’s marriage proposal, but now he is flagrantly refusing to submit to the bishop’s authority by owning a car. When the lot falls to Moses Beachy to become the new bishop, the community waits for him to take bold steps toward change. Clara and Andrew step together into a more progressive Amish faith as the Beachy Amish take form.