This book was a very diffrent take on any Amish novel that I have ever read before. I was intrested in the topic of forgivness and I didn't know about the incident in the school house and the murdering of innocent school girls. Where I have been when I don't even know about the things going on in my own country. I am lost in my own world and I don't keep up with the news but it really jarred my sense of safety. This is a very dry read from the view of a journalist and it's about facts and traditions and not so much about people and relationships. I learned a lot of history on why Amish tradition is the way it is and the historical information was great. I didn't make it to the end but it's only because they keep going over the same small amount of information an outsider can get and kept trying to strech it into a full novel.