The Plain Choice: A True Story of Choosing to Live an Amish Life
Written by Sherry Gore
Narrated by Connie Barton
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About this audiobook
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.
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.
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Reviews for The Plain Choice
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What a great testimony of the redemptive power of God’s Grace, Mercy and Love.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of those books you don't want to end !
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The writing was natural, not forced and pragmatic. I enjoyed tremendously how well it was written. My heart breaks to hear of Jacinda. So many aspects of Sherry's life a so astounding with regards to how her parents abandoned her and yet she turned it all around and made sure nor to do the same with her own children.