Bonnet Strings: An Amish Woman's Ties to Two Worlds
This is a remarkable story about a young Amish woman who, against all odds, chooses destiny over expectation. Her courageous decision to follow her dreams is moored by the love of a mainstream man who will do whatever he has to do and wait for as long as it takes to have her. A beautiful memoir . . . It will break your heart and piece it back together again.--Mary-Ann Kirkby, author ofI Am HutteriteSuspended between two cultural worlds, Saloma tells an engaging story about her struggle to decide which one to claim as her own.--Donald B. Kraybill, coauthor ofThe Amishandscholar of Amish lifeIn waiting more than thirty years after leaving the Amish to write this memoir, Saloma Miller Furlong has done herself and the reader a great service. She hasn t forgotten the feelings she had as she struggled with her decision to leave the church, but she has not used the memoir as a therapy session. The result is a story of empathy and depth that reveals the wrenching decision that Amish people who consider leaving their culture must make.--Callie T. Wiser, producer ofThe AmishandThe Amish: Shunned