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Crossing over, one woman's exodus from Amish life, Ruth Irene Garrett with Rick Farrant

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Crossing over, one woman's exodus from Amish life, Ruth Irene Garrett with Rick Farrant

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crossing over

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

839875001

Responsibility statement

Ruth Irene Garrett with Rick Farrant

Sub title

one woman's exodus from Amish life

Summary

A work Booklist.Ruth Irene Garrett was the fifth of seven children raised in Kalona, Iowa, as a member of a strict Old Order Amish community. She was brought up in a world filled with rigid rules and intense secrecy, in an environment where the dress, buggies, codes of conduct, and way of life differed even from other Amish societies only 100 miles away. This Old Order community actively avoided all interaction with e English'96 everyone who lived on the outside. As a result, Ruth knew only one way of life, and one way of doing things.This compelling narrative takes us inside a hidden community, offering a striking look as one woman comes to terms with her discontent and ultimately leaves her family, faith and the sheltered world of her childhood. Unsatisfied, she bravely crosses over to contemporary life to fully explore the foreign and frightening reality in hope of better understanding her emotional and spiritual desires. What emerges is a powerful tale of one woman's search for meaning and the extraordinary lessons she learns along the way

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