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Amish fiction: Put a bonnet on it Forget "50 Shades of Grey" -- Amish fiction is hot, and a woman in a headcover means an instant bestseller. By Deborah Kennedy.
A precursor to #tradwives and Slow Living, so-called Amish "bonnet-rippers" can make a chaste life, where traditional gender roles reign supreme, seem kind of…nice. I talked to the genre's ...
Raised Amish, Kate Stoltz ... Amish beauty trades in bonnet for lingerie By . Kirsten Fleming. Published Feb. 22, 2014, 11:57 p.m. ET. Kate Stoltzfus Anne Wermiel/ TLC ...
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The Amish are a unique community known for their simple, traditional way of life, strong religious beliefs, and distinct ...
As far back as 1955, when the Amish-themed musical "Plain and Fancy" opened on Broadway, the ascetic lifestyle of Plain folks -- and the travails they face in maintaining that lifestyle -- have ...
"We call it 'bonnet fiction.' You slap a bonnet on the cover and double the sales." The Thorn , Lewis's most recent book, has sold 280,000 copies since its publication in September.
The man rides along in a buggy, black hat shading his face, horse trotting ahead of him. As author Mindy Starns Clark pens him, he’s thinking, maybe praying, enjoying his surroundings as the … ...
From bonnet to bikini: Amish get first taste of reality TV. By James Langton in New York 08 August 2004 • 12:01am . Members of the cast of Amish in the City.
Lewis’ G-rated books, set among the Old Order Amish in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have sold more than 12 million copies, as bodice rippers make room for “bonnet books,” chaste romances ...
Just 15 months old and wearing an Amish bonnet and light-brown dress made by her mother, barefoot Rachel Schrock sat on a bare wooden floor and cooed, a picture of innocence. The toddler lives on a… ...