The Plain Choice, Sherry Gore
The Plain Choice, Sherry Gore
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The Plain Choice
A True Story of Choosing to Live an Amish Life

Author: Sherry Gore

Narrator: Connie Barton

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 08/25/2015

Synopsis

Raised in a broken family and emotionally overlooked, Sherry Gore grew up without a solid foundation, a prisoner of her own poor choices, and at times without hope.  A series of terrible mistakes left her feeling wrecked and alone and a sudden tragedy threw Sherry into an emotional tailspin too powerful to escape.Sherry hangs by a thread, unable to see how she can go on living, until it happens: on a morning of no particular significance, she walks into a church and BAM the truth of Jesus’ forgiving love shatters her world and cleaves her life in two:  She goes to bed stunned; she wakes up a Christian.Unwilling to return to the darkness of her former life, Sherry attacks her faith head on.  Soon the life Sherry Gore remakes for herself and her children as she seeks to follow the teachings of the Bible features head coverings, simple dress, and a focus on Jesus Christ.  Only then does she realize, in a fit of excitement, that there are others like her.  They are called Amish and Mennonite, and she realizes she has found her people.The plain choice that Sherry makes is not easy – and life still brings unexpected pain and heartache - but it changes everything for her, as she becomes one of the few people on earth to have successfully joined the Amish from the outside. She has found her place. And her story proves that one can return from the darkest depths to the purest light with the power of God.

About Sherry Gore

Sherry Gore is former editor-in-chief of Cooking & Such magazine, co-author of The Pinecraft Pie Shop novel series, author of The Plain Choice, and the cookbooks Simply Delicious Amish Cooking and Me, Myself, and Pie. The National Geographic Channel featured Sherry prominently in their documentary series, Amish: Out of Order. Her culinary adventures have been highlighted on news and travel shows worldwide, including NBC Daytime, the Today Show, Ukraine’s Heads and Tails, and more. She is a year-round resident of Sarasota, Florida, the vacation paradise of the Plain People. When not spending time with her family, she enjoys fishing, riding her bike, sampling local fare, and meeting Amish snowbirds and tourists from around the world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy

I Received a Pre-Publication Copy from Zondervan through Netgalley Halfway through this book and I was ready to put it down. For some reason, I thought that this was a book that chronicled a woman “living an Amish life”, not a woman that was essentially playing dress up. A woman that would choose the......more

Goodreads review by Christina

I wanted to like this book, I really did. However, I am glad I did not spend money buying it, but took advantage of the public library. Firstly, I don’t think readers should go into this book expecting to read about Sherry Gore living without electricity, churning her own butter, sewing her own dres......more

Goodreads review by Challice

Quick book: Read in about 2.5 hours. The book has a lot of background about Sherry Gore and the upbringing she had to when she chose the Amish/Mennonite community and beliefs so that she could find home and community. "I didn't miss the modern world. I didn't miss the stress of having money or mater......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth

I've often wondered if many, or any, worldly people ever became Amish so I was excited when I saw The Plain Choice by Sherry Gore; A True Story of Choosing to Live An Amish Life. Unfortunately, I feel the headline and this story is a bit misleading. Yes, it is Sherry's story about choosing to live a......more

Goodreads review by Nicole

This is a difficult book to read especially if you can relate to her trials and mistakes she faced as a child, teen and young adult. The first half of the book goes a bit slow and the 2nd half seems to leave so many questions unanswered about relationships and people in the story. I would have liked......more

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