A Plain and Simple Christmas »

Amy Clipston is the bestselling author of A Gift of Grace and A Promise of Hope in the Kauffman Amish Bakery series. She lives with her husband, Joe, and two sons in North Carolina.

In A Plain and Simple Christmas, from the author of the widely popular Kauffman Amish Bakery Series, shunned Anna Mae doesn't receive the welcome she expects when she pays a visit for Christmas and her world begins to fall apart, leaving her to question her place in her family -- and her faith in Amish tradition.

Library Journal

Four years ago, Anna Mae McDonough married an "Englisher" and left Lancaster, PA, to live in Baltimore. Now eight months pregnant, she longs for the family that shunned her when she left. Hoping for a reconciliation, Anna writes to her sister-in-law asking her to arrange a visit. But her homecoming is not as welcoming as she had hoped, leaving Anna to question the choices she made. VERDICT Clipston is the author of the popular "Kauffman Amish Bakery" series (A Gift of Grace; A Promise of Hope), which also features the blending of two worlds. That series' wide popularity is sure to attract readers to this novella, and they won't be disappointed by the excellent writing and the story's wholesome goodness.