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	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
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English
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KINGDOM OF SIMPLICITY

Holly Payne

The story opens with an Amish boy stealing a camera, a forbidden possession in his world. After a tragic accident he takes an illicit picture, capturing souls in the box, as the Amish believe. This impulsive act reshapes his world and it will be years before he learns how to forgive, and how to laugh. But he will, after he confronts the biggest question of his life.

Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best First Book from a new press and based on a true story of forgiveness, Kingdom of Simplicity invites readers into the life of Eli Yoder, a misguided Amish youth in rumspringa faced with forgiving the person who killed his sisters. Kingdom of Simplicity was also named the grand prize winner for the 19th Annual Writers Digest Self-Published Book Awards in 2011.

Available products
Book Published 2009-07-01 by Skywriter Press
Book Published 2009-07-01 by Skywriter Press

Comments

An unforgettable tale of loss, hope, and redemption that establishes Holly Payne as one of our finest literary fiction writers . . . Eli’s journey resonates with our human need to find meaning in an often incomprehensible world.

Kingdom of Simplicity tells a story about scars, literal and metaphoric. Like the culture of the Amish she has chosen to explore, Holly Payne tells a gripping story with quiet grace, economy and contained (but never absent) emotion. It’s a gem.

Holly Payne has graced us with a guide to forgiveness through the mechanism of an enjoyable and well-written story. Rich characters and compelling insights allow us to understand and hopefully use the peace her protagonist struggles to find.