The Englisher

The Englisher
Copyright ©2006
Beverly Lewis

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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 978-0-7642-0106-6 (Paperback)
ISBN 978-0-7642-0218-6 (Audio CD)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lewis, Beverly.
      The Englisher / Beverly Lewis.
        p. cm. — (Annie’s people ; 2)
      ISBN 0-7642-0216-2 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7642-0106-9 (pbk.) — ISBN 0-7642-0217-0 (large-print pbk.)
      1. Children of clergy—Fiction. 2. Women artists—Fiction. 3. Amish— Fiction. 4. English—Pennsylvania—Fiction. I. Title. II. Series: Lewis, Beverly. Annie’s people ; 2.
      PS3562.E9383E54          2006
      813′.54—dc22

2006003140

Dedication

To

David and Janet Buchwalter,

my cherished cousins.

By Beverly Lewis

S
EASONS OF
G
RACE
The Secret   •   The Missing

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

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 led Beverly to set many of her popular stories in Lancaster County.

A former schoolteacher and accomplished pianist, Beverly is a member of the National League of American Pen Women (the Pikes Peak branch). She is the 2003 recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award at Evangel University, Springfield, Missouri. Her blockbuster novels
The Shunning,
The Confession, The Reckoning,
and
The Covenant
have each received the Gold Book Award. Her bestselling novel
October
Song
won the Silver Seal in the Benjamin Franklin Awards, and
The Postcard
and
Sanctuary
(a collaboration with her husband, David) received Silver Angel Awards, as did her delightful picture book for all ages,
Annika’s Secret
Wish.
Beverly and her husband make their home in the Colorado foothills.