"Lebanon" Levi Stoltzfus, star of the hit Discovery Channel reality show
Amish Mafia, delivers a sizzling tell-all about Amish life today. From
the forbidden joyrides to the senseless shunnings to the colorful family
feuds, he shares his frank insider's view of this fascinating and
secretive society.
You've seen the pretty postcards and the shiny tourist brochures. Now,
Amish Confidential takes listeners beyond the buggies, bonnets, and
beards--into the hidden heart of back-roads Amish country. The all-night
field parties. The prohibited automobiles. The nosy neighbors and prissy
tattletales. It's all here: the many "English temptations." The
stitch-and-bitch quilting bees. The sex, alcohol, and illicit Wi-Fi. And
the random acts of kindness and remarkable forgiveness, too.
Interest in the Amish has never been greater. The tourist counts keep
breaking new records. Amish Mafia is back for a fourth blockbuster
season on TV, joined now by several spinoff shows. Amish Confidential
taps right into America's fresh fascination with the throwback Amish.
Stoltzfus weaves his never-before-told personal story through some
high-profile Amish episodes that rocked the news in recent years,
including the Nickel Mines shooting massacre, the Amish sisters'
farm-stand kidnapping, and the Amish-Pagan drug gang. As America's most
famous Amish tough guy makes clear in every minute, there is nothing
plain or simple about the plain-and-simple life.
