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mennonite in a little black dress a memoir of going home
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 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 wasnt 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 . rhodas 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 written with wry humor and huge personality and tackling faith love family and aging mennonite in a little black dress is an immensely moving memoir of healing certain to touch anyone who has ever had to look homeward in order to move ahead .
hardcover henry holt & company 2009 isbn13 9780805089257 isbn10 080508925x
abridged n isbn 13 9780805089257 number in series 1 number of pages 241 publisher henry holt & co release date 1255392000000