Tinderbox

Sylvia Miller discovers a locked brass tinderbox, left unlocked by her clockmaker father. Inside, she finds a secret that threatens her family's relationship and engagement. Her father confronts her, and he decides to reveal the truth about his past, altering their lives forever.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 02 April 2019
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group

Eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller discovers a surprise as her Amish parents' twentieth anniversary approaches: the old brass tinderbox her clockmaker father keeps in his Lancaster County shop has been left unlocked. Despite her better judgment, Sylvia opens the cherished heirloom, unaware that what she is about to discover will shatter her seemingly perfect life.

Sylvia's bewilderment deepens when her father confronts her about snooping in the box. To her astonishment, the respected convert to the Old Order reacts as if he has something to hide. Burdened by the weight of his deception, Earnest Miller decides he must reveal the details about his past to his beloved wife, Rhoda.

The long-kept secret alters everything for the close-knit family, jeopardizing Earnest and Rhoda's relationship and threatening Sylvia's recent engagement to the preacher's grandson. Can the Millers find a way forward through the turmoil to a place of forgiveness and acceptance?

Weight: 342g
Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780764232831