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Lädt ... Judith's Place (2013)von Diane Craver
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Gehört zur ReiheDreams of Plain Daughters (Book 2)
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HTML: Judith Hershberger wonders what her life would have been like had she been born into an English family instead of an Amish one. Would she be happier with the freedom to obtain more schooling as an English young woman instead of being limited to only an eighth grade Amish education? In Judithâ??s Place, the second book in the Dreams of Plain Daughters Series, schoolteacher Judith Hershberger yearns to learn more despite the educational restriction imposed on her because of her Amish upbringing. Wanting more than an eighth grade education, she puts off joining the Amish faith. During her rumspringa, sheâ??ll be able to obtain her high school diploma without being shunned. Her father is afraid Judith will leave their Amish community if she passes the GED test. He knows sheâ??s unhappy that Amish women are expected to follow a certain path in life. When a non-Amish college student, Eliza Dunbar, observes Judith in her classroom, a friendship between the two young women develops. Eliza gives Judith the nudge she needs to study for her GED test. Eliza wonders what it would be like to switch places with Judith to live a simple life without electricity and other modern conveniences. Judith envies Eliza because she is free to attend college. Jacob Weaver finally gets the courage to ask Judith to go with him to a Sunday singing. Like Judith, he wants to do something that isnâ??t allowed in their Plain community. Jacob wants to get his driverâ??s license so he can drive a truck to make the deliveries for the lumberyard. He needs to earn enough money to buy his own small farm. But even though it sounds plausible, Jacob feels stress with trying to learn to drive a truck instead of a buggy. Once he accomplishes this, Jacob plans to become baptized and join the Amish church. Will Judith decide to stay in her Amish community or will she decide to leave in order to attend college? Will Judithâ??s friendship with Jacob influence her as she fin Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Judith and Jacob both struggle with worldly ambitions but for different reasons. Jacob struggles with wanting to drive but only because he could earn more money that would go toward buying a farm though others worry that he will like driving so much that he would get his own car. He also struggles with liking beer when he goes out with the guys from work--it does make me wonder if there's a predisposition to alcoholism in Amish communities.
Judith loves to learn and laments that her Amish faith caps her education at eighth grade. She wants to get her GED--but almost everyone else assumes that she wants to go to college or go out into the world after she gets it. It takes her a while, but Judith eventually comes to see that her place is right where she's been. ( )