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I’m thrilled to have an author on the show I’ve long admired, Dale Cramer. Be sure to tune in Thursday at 4:00 PM Central as we chat about Dale’s latest book, Paradise Valley, and find out more about the man behind the pen.
About Dale: Dale Cramer, bestselling author of the critically acclaimed novel Levi’s Will, was the second of four children born to a runaway Amishman and a sharecropper’s daughter. True to his Amish ancestry, he skipped college and became an electrician, yet the thought was never far from his mind that someday he would like to write. Dale lives in McDonough, Georgia, with his family.
About Paradise Valley: An Amish settlement in Ohio has run afoul of a law requiring their children to attend public school. Caleb Bender and his neighbors are arrested for neglect, with the state ordering the children be placed in an institution. Among them are Caleb’s teenage daughter, Rachel, and the boy she has her eye on, Jake Weaver. Romance blooms between the two when Rachel helps Jake escape the children’s home.
Searching for a place to relocate his family where no such laws apply, Caleb learns there’s inexpensive land for sale in Mexico, a place called Paradise Valley. Despite rumors of instability in the wake of the Mexican revolution, the Amish community decides this is their answer. And since it was Caleb’s idea, he and his family will be the pioneers. They will send for the others once he’s established a foothold and assessed the situation.
