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Running Around (And Such) (2010)

by Linda Byler(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1561486884 (ISBN13: 9781561486885)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Good Books

series

Lizzie Searches For Love

review 1: Lizzie questions a lot of things about her Amish life like why can't she wear higher heels and a looser hairstyle? And most of all, why does her family have to move to a new house to become farmers? What is she going to do in a new town without a lot of kids her age? Who will she and her two sisters pair up with if there are not enough boys to go around?Unlike many Amish stories I have read this one has a very distinct modern feel to it. Lizzie puts Clearasil on her acne that her sisters, Mandy and Emma, do not have. The girls are worried about their weight. Emma and Mandy are thin, but Lizzie is not. Most Amish stories I've read the characters don't care. They eat high calorie foods without any thought. Actually, the thought is they need to nourish themselves wel... morel for all the work they have to do.That's what brings me to the 3.25 star rating. It was a good story. Lizzie's not your typical Amish character. She isn't happy to do all that is expected of her, including and especially being a maude. The problem is it felt too modern, like these were English (as the Amish call them) characters put in the Amish world. You know, fitting a square peg in a round hole. They didn't quite fit.Of course, who am I to say what the Amish are really like? This may actually be more indicative of their lives than the other "traditional" stories we have read. Not having spent much time with them I cannot say I know for sure, but it would seem a little odd that this is the "real" story and the others are not accurate.
review 2: Very accurate detail of Amish life. There isn't a riveting plot here, but since it's (literally) based on the author's own growing up years, that's to be expected. I enjoyed this book mostly because I'm acquainted with the characters in it. (My mother is the author's first cousin. While my mother's side of the family left the Amish over 35 years ago, Linda Byler's family is all still Old-Order) So to be given a peek back into their lives, and to read of all these cousins and great-aunts/uncles is a treat.I would recommend to anyone who wants a factual representation of amish life. Most Amish fiction I've read is light-years away from reality of what day to day Amish living is actually like. less

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