Upstairs the Peasants Are Revolting: More Family Life in a Farmhouse [Paperback]

Dorcas Smucker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2007

Upstairs the Peasants Are Revolting is a Good Books publication.

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Dorcas Smucker is a Good Books author.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Good Books (September 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561486000
• ISBN-13: 978-1561486007
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #920,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the perfect antidote to weariness, November 29, 2007

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B. Kraft "raising men" (Veneta, OR., USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Upstairs the Peasants Are Revolting: More Family Life in a Farmhouse (Paperback)

As a busy Mom of all boys, I have (far too often) fallen into my bed at night, simply worn out from the days trials. I keep this book on my nightstand for just such evenings. Smuckers writing is humorous, honest, and warm. It isn't easy to be cheerful and
encouraging without coming across saccharinly sweet but this author does it, with ease. I like to give this book (or her first, Ordinary Days) to mothers at baby showers, especially. When life is full and your time (or attention!) is short...this book is a little B12 shot of joy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Revolting Peasants or not, November 27, 2007

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Suellen Yoder "suellenyoder.com" (Shipshewana, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Upstairs the Peasants Are Revolting: More Family Life in a Farmhouse (Paperback)

This is a great follow up to Ordinary Days, Smuckers 1st book. I read them both in a few weeks, I loved that the 'chapters' were short stories, easy to read alone, so that when I was interupted for a few days from my reading, I could get right back into it. A great gift for a loved one or yourself, the perfect pick-me-up, I laughed out loud!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Life of the Family, January 9, 2008

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Grateful Gramma (Southwest Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Upstairs the Peasants Are Revolting: More Family Life in a Farmhouse (Paperback)

Dorcas Smucker has a refreshing voice, as she describes her gratitude for the crisp bite of an apple, the beauty of daffodils growing freely, the frustrations of a year in which mice seem to multiply out of nowhere, the care she took to choose Christmas gifts that would convey the feeling of being "special, loved, and included, like someone who really mattered."

I especially enjoyed the essays relating to her marriage, her discussion of the give-and-take of the relationship and how the "feeling" of love sometimes comes and goes but the practice of love should remain solid. Or, as she quotes her husband: You'd think we'd have everything figured out after 18 years. God has blessed me with a wife who is committed to making our marriage work, but we are still discovering the mysteries of love and sacrifice and commitment and how they make a relationship work.

Dorcas grew up in the Amish community, but she and her family are now Mennonites and she describes her struggles to make the right decisions. "Is it okay to buy a fast-food meal if it means more time with a friend? If having a garden means I don't have time to teach vacation Bible school, which do I choose? Is making my own food always better than buying it? Am I insisting on doing things the slow and old-fashioned way long after it becomes pointless?"

Ultimately, the question seems to be, "Was it worth it?" and her answer comes through clearly, "Yes, yes, it was."

Likewise, time spent reading this book was worth it. I highly recommend it.