Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish | Sue Bender

Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish | Sue Bender | Profound for me. I needed this book. Read all three!

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	Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish Sue Bender HarperOne, 1991 - 176 pages average customer review:based on 42 reviews view larger image
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Oh man, I can't believe I'm reviewing a 20yo book

I read Plain and Simple when it was first published in 1991. I can't believe it took me this long to review it. Sue Bender, a Berkeley artist and mother of two with grad degrees from both Harvard and Berkeley, just up and left town one day and went east to spent time with the Amish. Not as easy as it sounds, folks, because the Amish are intensely private people who don't routinely welcome outsiders. Somehow, however, Bender managed to convince two families to take her into the folds of their farming communities in Iowa and Ohio. She was transformed - and in this book that reflects the plain and simple lifestyle of the Simple Folk, she explains why and how this transformation occurred and what it means to her now.
Bender had always lived a life of moving from one list item to another, checking things off from the top only to add more at the bottom. The Amish, not unlike the Zen Buddhists, savor and honor each daily task, finding meaning within the most mundane chores. A book as meaningful and beautifully crafted as an Amish quilt, Plain and Simple deserves to be treasured.

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Profound for me. I needed this book. Read all three!

Sue Bender sometimes says the obvious, but she says it in an
accessible way, a way you can apply it. I read all three books
at once, in reverse order...and I found useful information in
each. I can't imagine reading only one of them...each was
part of the brilliant peaceful story! Thanks Sue Bender!

i had to re-read this for a book club meeting

Ok for what it is but this book was really self-centered around Sue Bender and all SHE wanted to say. I wanted to know more about the Amish and their way of life and this book only grazed the surface. It seemed more like a journey through Sue's life moments to me. Maybe I'm too harsh but I wanted to read a book about Sue's impression of the Amish and her living among them NOT how Sue fit into everything, etc. Ugh! I was glad when it was over.

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