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mennonite in a little black dress a memoir of going home
a hilarious and moving memoir in the spirit of anne lamott and nora ephron about a woman who returns home to her mennonite family after a personal crisis . br the same week her husband of 15 years ditches her for a guy he met on gay.com a partially inebriated teenage driver smacks her vw beetle head on . marriage over body bruised life upside down rhoda does what any sensible 43 year old would do she goes home . br but hers is not just any home . it s a mennonite home the scene of her painfully uncool childhood and the bosom of her family handsome but grouchy dad plain but cheerful mom . drinking smoking and slumber parties are nixed ; potlucks prune soup and public prayer are embraced . having long ago left the faith behind rhoda is surprised when the conservative community welcomes her back with open arms and offbeat advice . she discovers that this safe sheltered world is the perfect place to come to terms with her failed marriage and the choices that both freed and entrapped her .
compact disc highbridge company 2009 isbn13 9781598879070 isbn10 1598879073
abridged n isbn 13 9781598879070 number in series 1 publisher workman pub co release date 62135769600000