N3/The Shunning/ by Beverly Lewis/Christian fiction/USED/Cond C/Yellow age

The Shunning by Beverly Lewis, a highly popular work of Christian fiction originally published in 1997.beverlylewis.comThe Shunning - Beverly Lewisamazon.com.auBeverly Lewis' The Shunning: 1 eBook : Lewis, Beverly: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Storeaudible.co.ukThe Shunning Audiobook | Free with trialebay.comThe Heritage Of Lancaster County - 3 Book Amish Series by Beverly Lewis | eBayCore Book OverviewThe Series: This is Book One in the bestselling The Heritage of Lancaster County trilogy. The subsequent books in the series are The Confession and The Reckoning.The Protagonist: The story revolves around Katie Lapp, a 22-year-old woman raised in an Old Order Amish community in Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania.The Conflict: Katie has always struggled to fit perfectly into the strict, "Plain" Amish lifestyle due to her hidden love for forbidden "fancy" things and music. On the eve of her wedding to a widower, Bishop John, her parents confess a staggering secret: Katie is actually adopted from the outside world.The Shunning: After rebelling against community expectations and refusing to go through with the wedding, Katie faces Meidung (the practice of strict social avoidance or shunning). The entire community—including her own family—is forbidden from speaking to or interacting with her, forcing her to look outside the community to discover her true identity