The Amish insisted on being portrayed with that honesty before they agreed to help her with her books.Īnd while she has many Amish readers, most are "Englishers" - non-Amish. In Woodsmall's books, the Amish are sinners and saints, good guys and bad guys, just like in the outside world. "Their feeling is that God's power to redeem their tomorrow is greater than anything they could get by holding on to unforgiveness today." "Every person was willing to forgive the shooter from the very first day," Woodsmall said. But it was the Amish capacity for forgiveness that surprised the outside world. Unsurprisingly, the killings were tremendously difficult for the community to cope with. The male perpetrator was an outsider but was known to the community. And, in 2006, the country's attention was focused on the Amish way of life when five young Amish girls were shot to death in a one-room schoolhouse in Pennsylvania. Movies like "Witness," starring Kelly McGillis as an Amish woman, have provided glimpses into the world. The books satisfy a curiosity readers have about a community that generally shuns the modern world. "So they really help with the authenticity of it." "I have some really good Amish friends who read the manuscripts before they go to print," she said.
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