A Joyful Break (Dreams of Plain Daughters, Book One)

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After her mother’s untimely death, a twenty-year-old Amish woman has a difficult decision to make: Choose to break from the Plain community and her boyfriend to live in the English world permanently...or join the Amish church.

Rachel Hershberger wants to get away from her Amish home in Fields Corner, Ohio. For a year she’s been trying to fill her mother’s shoes by taking care of her father and siblings. She had quit her job at the bakery so ...
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Overview

After her mother’s untimely death, a twenty-year-old Amish woman has a difficult decision to make: Choose to break from the Plain community and her boyfriend to live in the English world permanently...or join the Amish church.

Rachel Hershberger wants to get away from her Amish home in Fields Corner, Ohio. For a year she’s been trying to fill her mother’s shoes by taking care of her father and siblings. She had quit her job at the bakery so she would have more time to clean and cook at home. Before her mother died, Rachel was positive she wanted to marry Samuel Weaver, but now she can’t think about wedding plans. She blames her father for her mother’s death. If they had installed a phone in their barn or a shanty, her mother might have received medical help in time to save her life. Her mother’s death has made Rachel question if she should be baptized and join the church. She wonders if non-Amish women live longer and have less stress. Maybe her forty-four-year old mother would still be alive had she left the Amish lifestyle like her sister Carrie did.

When her Aunt Carrie invites her to go to the beach, Rachel decides the time away will help her to decide whether to join the Amish church or to live in the English world instead. She is conflicted because she loves Samuel and her family. Instead of a relaxing time away, disturbing events happen while Rachel’s in Florida. A photographer snaps troublesome pictures of Rachel because of her famous senator uncle, and a handsome and charming college student falls in love with Rachel.
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Editorial Reviews

Amazon - Rising Star Reviews
A Joyful Break is a sweet, very well written story about an Amish young lady and her time in the English world, away from the simple life she has always known...I highly recommend this novel, even if you don't read Amish novels, because you will come away with a new sense of the real meaning of love--spiritual or human. Ms. Craver has set up a world of the Amish, a community of individuals in Fields Corner who most likely we will meet once again in another story.
Coffee Time Romance & More - Matilda Reviewer for CTR
Rating: 5 cups
I am a big fan of Amish romance... The more I read, the more I find what Ms. Craver and others say is true, i.e. that each Amish order is different and hosts different rules, so some may be stricter than others. Reading A Joyful Break truly showed another side from what I have normally read. The struggles Rachel goes through make this story well worth reading, allowing the reader to connect with Rachel and others, as if it was their own life. Definitely a to-buy book.
Amazon - Karen Wiesner
"A JOYFUL BREAK is a light, sweet story that will warm your heart and leave you with the feeling that all is right in the world. Oh, and you'll want a slice of butterscotch pie (the recipe wouldn't hurt either!)." ~award-winning author Karen Wiesner
Amazon - M. Beaugrand
Diane Craver's book transports you to the world of an Amish Girl - her dreams and her conflicts. It is a book I thoroughly enjoyed! You will too.
Night Owl Reviews - Diana Coyle
“Ms. Craver penned this story with such emotion that it was easy for me to feel as if the story was unfolding before me firsthand. I was seeing and feeling everything Rachel was as if I experienced it myself. I love being able to walk away from a story feeling I went through the trials and tribulations as if I was another character in it and this author did that for me with this entertaining Amish story. I highly recommend it!”
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781479372720
  • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publication date: 10/2/2012
  • Pages: 280
  • Sales rank: 984,221
  • Product dimensions: 5.00 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.63 (d)

Meet the Author

Diane graduated with a degree in English and Speech Education from The Ohio State University. Before writing her books, she was a schoolteacher and play director. She met her husband, the love of her life, while teaching at an orphanage. While raising their six children in southwestern Ohio, Diane started writing nonfiction. Several non-fiction articles of Diane's have been published in Woman's World Weekly, The Catholic Telegraph, Virtue, Down Syndrome Today, WritersWeekly.com, and several other publications. Her book, The Christmas of 1957, was reissued under the title A Christmas Gift. It placed second in the 2010 Preditors & Editors Poll (novel category) and received 5 stars from the Midwest Book Review.

Diane has published through a variety of houses, including Publishing by Rebecca J. Vickery, Samhain Publishing, Whimsical Publications, Victory Tales Press and Booklocker.com. She writes fun and inspiring stories filled with memorable characters.

Diane gives thanks to God daily for all her wonderful blessings and for the birth of her first grandchild. Her dream vacation is going to the beach. Her husband is supportive of her writing career as well as her awesome children.
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