The Shunning

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The Shunning
Copyright ©1997
Beverly Lewis

This story is a work of fiction. With the exception of recognized historical figures, all characters, events, and the setting of Hickory Hollow are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is coincidental.

Cover design by Koechel Peterson & Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

Published by Bethany House Publishers
11400 Hampshire Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55438

Bethany House Publishers is a division of
Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN     978-0-7642-0463-0

The Library of Congress has cataloged the original edition as follows:

Lewis, Beverly.

      The shunning / by Beverly Lewis.

           p.    cm. — (The heritage of Lancaster County ; 1)

       ISBN 1-55661-866-2

        I. Title. II. Series: Lewis, Beverly, date, Heritage of Lancaster County ; 1.

PS3562.E9383 S48 1996

813'.54—dc21                                                                                       97-4648

                                                                                                                CIP

To the memory of

Ada Ranck Buchwalter (1886–1954),

who left her Plain community and

married the man who would

become my grandfather.

By Beverly Lewis

S
EASONS OF
G
RACE
The Secret
    ·    
The Missing
    ·     
The Telling

A
BRAM’S
D
AUGHTERS
The Covenant
    ·    
The Betrayal
    ·     
The Sacrifice
The Prodigal
  ·    
The Revelation

A
NNIE’S
P
EOPLE
The Preacher’s Daughter
     ·    
The Englisher
    ·    
The Brethren

T
HE
C
OURTSHIP OF
N
ELLIE
F
ISHER
The Parting
   ·  
The Forbidden
  ·  
The Longing

T
HE
H
ERITAGE OF
L
ANCASTER
C
OUNTY
The Shunning
  ·  
The Confession
   ·  
The Reckoning

The Postcard
  ·  
The Crossroad

The Redemption of Sarah Cain
October Song
   ·  
Sanctuary
*
  ·  
The Sunroom

The Beverly Lewis Amish Heritage Cookbook

www.beverlylewis.com

*
with David Lewis

BEVERLY LEWIS, born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, fondly recalls her growing-up years. A keen interest in her mother’s Plain family heritage has inspired Beverly to set many of her popular stories in Amish country, beginning with her inaugural novel,
The Shunning
.

A former schoolteacher and accomplished pianist, Beverly has written over eighty books for adults and children. Five of her blockbuster novels have received the Gold Book Award for sales over 500,000 copies, and
The Brethren
won a 2007 Christy Award.

Beverly and her husband, David, make their home in Colorado, where they enjoy hiking, biking, reading, writing, making music and spending time with their three grandchildren.

I was born
to other things.