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Giveaway: Beverly Lewis’ The Confession DVD

cindy — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:54:16 +0000

Last month I reviewed Beverly Lewis’ The Confession DVD. Now one lucky reader of The Mom Maven will get to win their very own copy.

The giveaway is open to US residents only. The winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter. The winner will receive an email from me and they have 48 hours to respond to claim their prize. The giveaway ends at 12:00am on 7/25/13.

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Family Entertainment: Beverly Lewis’ The Confession DVD Review

cindy — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:41:35 +0000

I am a huge fan of Beverly Lewis’ writing and have read many of her books. It has been over 10 years since I read “The Confession” and almost 2 years since I reviewed the DVD of its predecessor, The Shunning so I can’t speak to how closely the movie followed the plot of the book. The Confession is the continuing tale of 20 year old Katie Lapp, who was adopted and raised Amish, trying to find her New York socialite birth-mother, Laura Mayfield-Bennett who is dying of cancer. There are plot twists that include hidden secrets, lies and betrayal.

The cast includes:

Sherry Stringfield as Laura Mayfield-Bennett
Katie Leclerc as Katie Lapp
Adrian Paul as Dylan Bennett
Michael Rupnow as Justin Wirth
Julia Whelan as Alyson
Cameron Deane Stewart as Daniel Fisher

The story and acting are good. I am a fan of Leclerc’s from Switched at Birth but it is odd that the role of Katie Lapp was played by Danielle Panabaker in The Shunning and is now played by Leclerc in the second installment. This kind of inconsistency annoys me as a viewer, especially if I were to host a movie night and show the movies back to back with some returning cast and a replacement main character.

Overall, my husband and I enjoyed the movie and I will share the DVD with my friends who are also Beverly Lewis fans. The movie will be available in store on June 11, 2013.

Disclosure: I received a copy of the DVD for the purpose of this review. All opinions are 100% mine.

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The Shunning DVD Review and Giveaway

cindy — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:13:33 +0000

I am a huge Beverly Lewis fan, I have read 22 of her books over the years-the first one being The Shunning. That was the book that made me a fan. Beverly’s descriptions of the plain life in modern times and the trials and struggles the Amish face, drew me in and made me a fan for life. The Shunning centers around young Katie Lapp and the struggles she faces as she is about to marry widower Bishop John. Katie has always felt something missing in her simple Amish existence- until a mysterious “Englisher” comes to Lancaster County looking for the baby girl she gave up for adoption 19 years ago.

Being a fan of the book, I was hesitant to watch the movie-since movies seldom do the book justice. I had my husband watch with me, since he hasn’t read the book and could give me a different perspective. We both thought the movie was well done, though a bit slow in places. When you start reading a Beverly Lewis novel you can’t put it down so in my opinion you should be just as riveted to the movie. Danielle Panabaker does a good job at making us really care for Katie and the inner turmoil she is facing. It has been years since I read the book, but I believe they did a fairly good job at keeping with the main story line though they left out some of the side plots-which is what makes a Beverly Lewis novel so interesting. I think the biggest faux-pas in the movie is the amount of eye makeup on the actresses. The Amish don’t wear make-up and it is very obvious that the actresses have on make-up. All in all we enjoyed the movie and I can’t wait to loan it to my mom, who is also a Beverly Lewis fan.

For more information about the movie you can visit the website or Facebook Page or watch this behind the scenes look at the movie, its cast and its director, Michael Landon, Jr.

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