Plain and Simple Wisdom

by Sue Bender

"I had an obsession with the Amish. Plan and simple. Objectively it made no sense. I, who worked hard at being special, fell in love with a people who valued being ordinary." So begins Sue bender's tale, the captivating and inspiring true story of a harried urban Californian moved by the beauty of a display of quilts to seek out and live with the Amish--where she is gently coaxed to consider, "Is there another way o lead a good life?" Lovingly culled from her bestselling book Plain and Simple, beautifully illustrated, and refreshingly spare, Plain and Simple Wisdom speaks to the seeker in each of us.

91 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1990

About the author

Born in New York City, Sue Bender received her BA from Simmons College and her MA from the Harvard University School of Education. She taught high school in New York and English at the Berlitz School in Switzerland. She later earned a Masters in Social Work from the University of California at Berkeley. During her active years as a family therapist, Bender was founder and Director of CHOICE: The Institute of the Middle Years. In addition to being an author and former therapist, Sue Bender is a ceramic artist and much sought after lecturer nationwide. She lives in Berkeley, California with her husband Richard, and is the mother of two grown sons.

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Reviews

[Jacqueline · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an unusual journal. It has pages with no lines, is more of a square, and is illustrated with pictures which do not interfere with anything you want to write or paste. My daughter-in-law found a pristine copy of the book at a thrift store and gave it to me. I have been working on slow-stitch squares I believe I am going to adhere to the pages. It is just perfect.❤️

[Jessica Sedgwick · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read it but it's not the book I thought I bought. This is a companion to the author's other novel amd so I was unable to make sense of it without the orginal story on my bookself.