

Burdened by the weight of his deception, Earnest Miller reveals the details about his past to Sylvia-and to his wife, Rhoda. Piqued by curiosity, Sylvia unlocks the cherished heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life. To her amazement, the respected convert to the Old Order admits that he is not fit to be a member of the Hickory Hollow Amish church-in fact, he never was. On the day before her Amish parents twentieth wedding anniversary, Sylvia Miller stumbles across the key to the old brass tinderbox her father keeps in his Lancaster County watch repair shop. A box that has always been locked and put up out of her reach. Once Sylvia overcomes her shock, she confronts her father about the contents of the box. The Tinderbox By Beverly Lewis Sylvia Miller has always been fascinated by her father's tinderbox.


On the day before her Amish parents' twentieth wedding anniversary, Sylvia Miller stumbles across the key to the old brass tinderbox her father keeps in his Lancaster County watch repair shop.
