Levi's Will

In 1943, Will Mullett leaves his pacifist Amish community and his domineering father to find a new life. He joins the military, marries, and starts his own family. He can't completely leave his roots behind him though, and after years of estrangement from his father, discovers he doesn't want to. Le......more

I found this book deeply moving as well as enjoyable. I have read and enjoyed four of the author's more recent books, but this one is far better. There are Amish people in it and on the whole they are treated with respect and affection; however, this is about as far from an Amish romance as you can......more

This book is more than just an older Amish family and life in that world, but it is basically a story about forgiveness on intergenerational lines. The good and bad of the ways of his childhood and the good and bad about his father's shunning, are inter-connected in the shunning of his own son Riley......more

I’m a fairly eclectic reader (just check my Goodreads account for proof of that), so when confronted with a theme calling on me to pick out something completely different, I found myself at a bit of a loss. I decided to go with the “outside my comfort zone” side of things, and I picked up Levi’s Wil......more