The Tinderbox
Ebook
With her Amish parents' twentieth anniversary approaching,
eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller stumbles across a surprise--the old
brass tinderbox her clockmaker father keeps in his Lancaster County
shop has been left unlocked. Against her better judgment, Sylvia
opens the cherished heirloom, not realizing that what she is about
to discover will splinter apart her happy life.
Sylvia's bewilderment grows when her father confronts her about
snooping in the box. To her amazement, the respected convert to the
Old Order reacts as if he has something to hide.
Burdened by the weight of his deception, Earnest Miller decides he
must reveal the details about his past to his beloved wife, Rhoda.
The long-kept secret alters everything for the close-knit family,
jeopardizing Earnest and Rhoda's relationship, as well as
threatening Sylvia's recent engagement to the preacher's
grandson.
Can the Millers find a way forward through the turmoil to a place
of forgiveness and acceptance?
From the Back Cover
I've marveled at Dat's ability to
accept the Old Ways so readily, considering his modern
upbringing. Mamma says it's like he
was born to be Amish. Maybe so, but all
the same, I wished I knew something more about his past.
With her parents' twentieth anniversary approaching,
eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller finds her father's cherished brass
tinderbox left unlocked. Against her better judgment, Sylvia opens
the heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will
splinter apart her happy life and alter everything for her
close-knit Old Order Amish family. As the long-kept secret emerges
into the light of day, can the Millers find a way forward through
the turmoil to a place of forgiveness?