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The Revelation (Abram’s Daughters Book #5)

This novel is the fifth installment in the Abram's Daughters series, continuing the story of the characters within this fictional universe. more

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Beverly Lewis
Beverly Lewis

Beverly Lewis, born in 1949, is a renowned American novelist. Her works, which focus on the Amish community life in the Great Plains of the United States, have won the hearts of many readers. more

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“O how all things are far removed and long have passed away. I do believe the star, whose light my face reflects, is dead and has been so for many thousand years. I had a vision of a passing boat and heard some voices saying disquieting things. I heard a clock strike in some distant house... but in which house?... I long to quiet my anxious heart and stand beneath the sky's immensity. I long to pray... And one of all the stars must still exist. I do believe that I would know which one alone endured, and which like a white city stands at the ray's end shining in the heavens.”

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“I think about how truly interesting and odd it is that when a woman marries, traditionally she loses her name, becoming absorbed by the husband's family name - she is in effect lost, evaporated from all records under her maiden name. I finally understand the anger behind feminism - the idea that as a woman you are property to be conveyed between your father and your husband, but never an individual who exists independently. And on the flip side, it is also one of the few ways one can legitimately get lost - no one questions it.”

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