![]() ![]() In short, the Amish in this novel make their trials and tribulations look too easy. In trying to plumb what the Amish might feel as they’re victimized by the outside world’s violence, Williams runs into the same challenges confronting Jessica Dickey when writing “The Amish Project,” her play about the aftermath of the 2006 Nickel Mines massacre of Amish schoolgirls. He feels guilty, for example, because the daily prayers he says for his daughter are eating into time he could spend praying for others he worries that writing is overly narcissistic.Īll this goodness may be true to Amish life, but it’s not inherently dramatic. While Jacob tells us he can be prideful and angry, he seems saintly. ![]() We watch this gathering storm through the diary entries penned by Jacob, an Amish farmer and carpenter who is father to Sadie and a younger boy. ![]()
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