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    Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life
    Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life
    Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life
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    Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life

    By Ruth Irene Garrett and Rick Farrant

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    A work Booklist called ଯving and life–affirming, Crossing Over is the true story of one woman's extraordinary flight from the protected world of the Amish people to the chaos of contemporary life.

    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 ೨e Englishߜ'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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateFeb 26, 2013
    ISBN9780062277107
    Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life
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    Ruth Irene Garrett

    Ruth Irene Garrett left the Amish faith in 1996 and was ultimately excommunicated. She currently lives with her husband, Ottie, in Kentucky where they devote their time to helping Amish families who have left their communities.

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    • 1/5
      A sad, bitter polemic against the Amish. Everything Amish is, apparently, benighted and worthy of censure. The reader senses that the story is being told not to tell her story, but as an excuse for heaping scorn and condemnation on the Amish. Are there things in Amish culture that are not perfect? Of course! Are there good things in Amish culture? One would struggle to see what they are by reading this book.
    • 5/5
      Beautifully written, illustrating the difference between a living faith and stultifying religion.
    • 4/5
      This book makes more sense after reading the other book by the same author. Otherwise, it just reads like her rationalisation why falling in love with someone is a good reason to leave everything. She hints at other reasons why she left, but keeps coming back to the same reason. The book would better be put into the category of 'things we do for love' rather than anything regarding Amish life. Read if you are interested in autobiographies, love stories, and adapting to other cultures. Skip if it's Amish society you're looking for.

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