Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780821763551
ISBN number: 0821763555
Label: Kensington
Manufacturer: Kensington
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: October 01, 1999
Publishing house: Kensington
Sale Popularity Level: 509062
Studio: Kensington
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This book is a perfect example of why you can't judge a book by its cover. Why is Rachel Zook, an Amishwoman, dressed like that (she is not dressed like that anywhere in the book)? Her hair was just the right colour though (blackberry wine), and she was well-endowed (which her husband thought "sloppy", which made her husband come across as asexual--what man, even if he only has relations with his wife for the sake of procreating, doesn't take any pleasure in the act?).
I never understood the motivations for Rachel's husband and Jacob's brother, Simon Sauder. He made a great villain, but was it just that he hated his brother so much because his father favored the prodigal? That's very believable, though the underlying reason why he married Rachel (and abused her) was explained in the last part of the book, it seemed a bit far-fetched (but then, Simon was a religious zealot).
Ms. Blair's solution for Jacob and Rachel to still be together and still be Amish (which was so much a part of them), however, more than up for that. I got a real sense of community, and though this was not a Christian romance per se, these were refreshingly real characters of faith unlike many Christian romances where everybody gets saved or is "born again". There is no preaching here, no bashing the Amish or saying being Amish is superior to being English (think Beverly Lewis and Wanda E. Brunstetter, who are all-Amish, all the time). Being Amish is just a part of who Rachel and Jacob are and Annette works with this. This shows her strength as an author--no agenda here.
The love scenes were highly sensual and tastefully done without being pornographic. After all, these are not two real human beings doing it on the movie screen, so one can be a lot more descriptive with the written word, and no one's soul is sacrificed.
A very spiritual (while at the same time, earthy) novel that inspires.
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For Amish schoolteacher Rachel Zook, the world beyond her tightly knit village was unknown-and the Elders decreed that it should stay that way. So when the man she loved abandoned their peaceful culture for a forbidden life among the "English", she couldn't follow him. Now bound in marriage to a man she doesn't love, Rachel is torn by longing when Jacob Sauder returns...
Jacob knows only one way to raise children-the Amish way. But asking the community he had forsaken to welcome him and his motherless children is more painful than he had imagined, especially when he learns that his beloved Rachel has wed his own brother. Amish law makes it impossible to dream of a future together...until tragedy forces Rachel and Jacob to place their faith in the power of love.
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This is a great Amish romance with sex, lies, but no videotape. There is infidelity, love unrequieted, bad family relations, and bitter jealousy to name a few emotions in this novel. Although not altogether historically correct, it remains a fasinating read that holds tightly onto your interest and ends with an explosive unexpected finale. The choice of cover picture is most unfortunate as well as inaccurate, but worth the effort for what is between the bookcovers.
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A world-class novel hidden in a badly-chosen cover. This is a story that raises the bar on romance, transcends the genre, takes us to an amazing new world and doesn't let us go until we're emotionally exhausted, satisfied, amazed, and sated. Simply, unbelievably, wonderful. Kudos Ms. Blair. Thee, I Love would make top-notch movie.
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I am not a fan of romance novels, but this one came so highly recommended by a friend that I made an exception. I was reading Thee I Love on an airplane when I started weeping uncontrollably. (This is very hard for a grown man who's a bit sheepish about reading a romance in the very first place.) This is one of the three or four books I have read in my life that moved me to tears.
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