Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home

Rhoda Janzen
241 pages
Henry Holt and Co.
Oct 2009
Hardcover
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<p>A hilarious and moving memoir - in the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron - about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis</p><p>Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. It was bad enough that her brilliant husband of fifteen years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, but that same week a car accident left her with serious injuries. What was a gal to do? Rhoda packed her bags and went home. This wasn't just any home, though. This was a Mennonite home. While Rhoda had long ventured out on her own spiritual path, the conservative community welcomed her back with open arms and offbeat advice. (Rhoda's good-natured mother suggested she date her first cousin - he owned a tractor, see.) It is in this safe place that Rhoda can come to terms with her failed marriage; her desire, as a young woman, to leave her sheltered world behind; and the choices that both freed and entrapped her.</p><p>Written with wry humor and huge personality - and tackling faith, love, family, and aging - <i>Mennonite in a Little Black Dress</i> is an immensely moving memoir of healing, certain to touch anyone who has ever had to look homeward in order to move ahead. </p>
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Pages 241
Publisher Henry Holt and Co.
Published 2009
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