“Lebanon” Levi Stoltzfus, star of the hit Discovery Channel reality show <i>Amish Mafia</i>, 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.<br><br>You’ve seen the pretty postcards and the shiny tourist brochures. Now, <i>Amish Confidential</i>takes readers 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.<br><br>Interest in the Amish has never been greater. The tourist counts keep breaking new records.<i>Amish Mafia </i>is back for a fourth blockbuster season on TV, joined now by several spinoff shows.<i>Amish Confidential </i>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 on every page, there is nothing plain or simple about the plain-and-simple life.