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Customer Reviews for Bethany House The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
Bethany House The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
Although the old order Amish flourishes in Lancaster County, two sisters discover the simple life is not without thorns. Because she's her mother's caregiver, Rose believes she'll never marry. But Nick, the bishop's wild foster son, wants to change her mind. Rose's sister, Hen, knows about falling for the wrong man. Can she steer Rose away from Nick?
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Customer Reviews for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
Review 1 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Date:September 2, 2012
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Rose is the youngest child and daughter of the Kauffman family, and a spirited young woman. Best friends with the bishop's foster son, Nick, and being courted by a good Amish boy, Rose thinks she has almost everything she wants in life. With the exception that her mother is an invalid, Rose finds joy in her family, friends, and faith. But she soon discovers that life is not a bed of roses, and is caught betwixt and between two lives and two loves. Will she ever be able to make the right decision?
Hen left her Amish family and faith behind when she married a man of the world. Brandon was good to her, until Hen decided to go back to her Plain life and the Old Ways. Taking their daughter with her, she tries to find her way among the People she abandoned. Will Hen and Brandon ever be able to make peace with their lifestyles and love - before an imminent separation tears them apart?
The Thorn was a wonderful beginning to the Rose Trilogy by Beverly Lewis. So many conflicts surround the Kauffman family, and it reminded me that the Amish are just life us - plagued by fears, and followed by the same troubles we are. It's a tale that will take you to a time and place that is only ever weaved into words by a really good author. A sweet story that entertained me and I enjoyed it immensely as well.
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Review 2 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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good books
Date:February 17, 2012
Tressia Farmer
Age:Over 65
Gender:female
Beverly Lewis is one of the best authors writing about the Amish people This series of the Rose Trilgy is very interesting. great reading
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Review 3 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Date:December 27, 2011
Twin mama
Age:35-44
Gender:female
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Again, this is another great addition to my daughter's Beverly Lewis series of books. Great theme, real life situations...no offensive material. I am glad my daughter has these books to read!
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Review 4 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Kept my attention
Date:December 27, 2011
Susan Boling-reynolds
Location:Tulsa, OK
Age:55-65
Gender:female
This series was great; I was more than ready for the next book when I finished one; it usually takes me 2-3 weeks to finish a book because I usually only have a few minutes to read in the evening, but I read the last half of book 3 early one morning and it didn't end leaving you hanging.
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Review 5 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Date:December 22, 2011
Gram
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Very nice story. Love to read Beverly Lewis books.
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Review 6 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Amazing Trilogy!
Date:November 29, 2011
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This was my first Amish trilogy and let me tell you, I loved it! Beverly Lewis is so talented when it comes to really showing her readers Amish life and I will most definitively be buying more of her books! Besides the fact she showed me so many things about the Amish life I didn't know, the whole story was great and really grabbed me! As soon as I read the first book, I ran and purchased the second which led to the third. Amazing is definitively the word for this book!
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Review 7 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Fun and inspiring Beverly Lewis tale
Date:November 28, 2011
Gerry
Location:Indianapolis, IN
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This is another excellent tale by Beverly Lewis. The characters are interesting and likeable. The stories are primarily about an Amish community but have messages relevant to everyone.
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Review 8 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Great Reading!
Date:November 21, 2011
Missy
Age:35-44
Gender:female
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The Rose Trilogy is the best Beverly Lewis series I have ever read!! Wish there were more books in this series.
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Review 9 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Very Good, it finished almost as I had expected.
Date:October 24, 2011
Cornwall
Location:Devonshire UK
Age:Over 65
Gender:female
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Very good holiday reading, curl up in a chair and forget the world, transport yourself over 3,000 miles to Lancaster county and what could be better!
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Review 10 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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A solid story with a few flaws
Date:October 23, 2011
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Beverly Lewis is a gifted storyteller. I enjoyed the story line about Rose who was a young woman with a love for her lifestyle and family. She has a heart for her sister who left the community and went into the world and was now facing marital issues that are heartbreaking to her family. The only real problem I had with the book is that it would seem, thus far, that the only faith real is Amish faith. Yes, one growing up in the Amish community would believe this. However, this idea is sadly not true. There are many Amish communities that are legalistic and live by separate rules made by man instead of the Bible. Many of the interpretation the Amish live by are poor. There is also the variety of modern things allowed or not allowed. Rubber tires on their bikes, versus no rubber. For a story that is stressing the love of God and community these things would be best omitted. There was a time in previous stories that authentic faith was always separate from Amish religious life. Sadly this is a new angle and seems to be a corner one would not want to go to. Aside from these things this story is an easy read and the characters are enjoyable.
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Review 11 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Wonderful!
Date:October 10, 2011
Rosemary B.
Location:Utah
Age:45-54
Gender:female
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"The Thorn" was a wonderful book as well as the final two! I would definitively recommend this to others. It is an intruding story and is a top favorite!
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Review 12 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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haven't read any of the books yet
Date:September 22, 2011
chris hartman
Location:st joe, in
Age:55-65
Gender:female
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I haven't read any of the books in my order yet, but knowing the authors.....I'm sure they are just what I want. Looking through catalogs & finding lots more that I'm wanting.
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Review 13 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Date:August 29, 2011
Kimmy
Location:Cumberland, MD
Age:55-65
Gender:female
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I love reading Beverly Lewis books and I like reading her stories in sequence. I always pass them onto a friend for reading. I actually had read "The Thorn" last year and then "The Judgment" this spring and I am awaiting the next book, "The Mercy" which is to be released in September, 2011.
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Review 14 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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very professional survice
Date:August 24, 2011
Shari-anne Stone
Location:Brattleboro, VT.
Age:45-54
Gender:female
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definately would order again, it was fast prompt and professional, als great low prices is always a plus for me... thank you :)
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Review 15 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Date:August 23, 2011
jay jay
Location:MN
Age:18-24
Gender:female
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This book was any amazing book. I love to read Beverly Lewis books, but i think this is the best book she has written so far. When i finished this book i couldn't wait till i read the next one.
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Review 16 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Very wonderful Amish novel!
Date:August 2, 2011
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This book far exceeded my expectations! I truly enjoyed this Amish novel and I cannot wait to read the second book! Lewis brings all the characters to life and my heart goes out to Nick! This is my first Amish novel as well as the first book I have read by Beverly Lewis! Can't wait to read more! :) A great read!
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Review 17 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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I highly recommend The Rose Trilogy!
Date:June 27, 2011
Ruth Marie Wagner
Location:Grand Blanc, MI
Age:Over 65
Gender:female
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Beverly Lewis has done it again with, what just might be, her best series thus far. I was immediately engrossed in the first book which I read in one day and then I read the second book the next day. Now, I am waiting eagerly for the arrival of the third book in The Rose Trilogy!
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Review 18 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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It provides insites into the Amish life style.
Date:May 25, 2011
Debbie Brown
Location:New York
Age:55-65
Gender:female
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Beverly Lewis is an excellent writer protraying Amish life. She makes each character come alive through their trials, traditions, and triumps within a family and community setting. I have enjoyed reading each of her books and eagerly anticipate her next one.
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Review 19 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Date:May 22, 2011
Ruth Cliggett
Location:Philadelphia PA
I enjoyed the twists and turns in the plot. I enjoy reading
whatever Beverly Lewis writes.
whatever Beverly Lewis writes.
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Review 20 for The Thorn, Rose Trilogy Series #1 Large Print
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Another great Amish series
Date:April 26, 2011
The Thorn is the first in this series, but I had read The Judgement first so I was really glad to get this book so that I could see what happened to Rose's mama and why she was in a wheel chair and I also wanted to see how Christian died. Rose was all the way Amish so much so that she didn't even want to have her running around time as a teen and went ahead and was baptized into the church. She had her boyfriend Silas but she was also very good friends with the Bishops' adopted son Nick. Nick was a down beaten boy that was so alone when the Bishop adopted him and he had been into a lot of trouble and did not want to be an Amish.
Hen, Rose's older sister had left the community during her running around and married an Englischer.
She is now missing her old way of life and hates this her husband does and the things he watches on TV while their little daughter Mattie is in the room. Divorce is something that is just not heard of in the Amish community but she is beginning to want to leave her husband and go back home. She had never been baptized into the church so she was not shunned. But when she and little Mattie shows up at her parent's home, they are worried and begin to push Hen and try to make her see that her place is with . They push Hen and make sure that she knows her place is with her husband and that she need to go back to him.
As always Beverly Lewis turns out a great Amish book, and she was the author of the first Amish book I ever read.
Thanks to Baker Publishing Group for sending me this book to review.
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