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The author alternates chapters on growing up as a Mennonite in Pennsylvania with experiences she and her husband had as teachers in the Congo.
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
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Authors: Rhoda Janzen
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-13 - Publisher: Macmillan

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In the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron comes Janze's hilarious and moving memoir about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a
Why I Left the Amish
Language: en
Pages: 300
Authors: Saloma Miller Furlong
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-01 - Publisher: MSU Press

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There are two ways to leave the Amish—one is through life and the other through death. When Saloma Miller Furlong’s father dies during her first semester at
The Lives of Amish Women
Language: en
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Presenting a challenge to popular stereotypes, this book is an intimate exploration of the religiously defined roles of Amish women and how these roles have cha
Bonnet Strings
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Pages: 319
Authors: Saloma Miller Furlong
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
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At age twenty, Saloma Miller left behind her Amish community in Burton, Ohio, and boarded a night train for Vermont, where she knew no one. In this poignant com