Today we have a winner and excerpt of Saloma Miller Furlong’s memoir, Why I Left the Amish. Thanks to all who participated and a special thanks to Saloma for taking the time to respond to everyone’s comments. There were some very interesting discussions. If you missed the original interview you can read it here: Saloma [...]
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Saloma Miller Furlong was raised Amish in Ohio. Why I Left the Amish is the story of her childhood and adolescence, and eventual departure from Amish society. I enjoyed meeting Saloma for the first time this summer while in PA, and have always appreciated her comments here on the blog. I just recently had a [...]
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We have 3 winners today of Isaac Horst’s A Separate People: An Insider’s View of Old Order Mennonite Customs and Traditions. If you missed the original interview with Isaac’s son Osiah, you can find it here: Osiah Horst on Old Order Mennonites. We’ve also got an excerpt from the book to share with you today. [...]
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Osiah Horst grew up in an Old Order Mennonite family in Canada. Osiah’s father Isaac wrote a column for a local newspaper which eventually grew into the book A Separate People: An Insider’s View of Old Order Mennonite Customs and Traditions, a witty and incisive look at Old Order Mennonite society. Isaac penned 2 dozen [...]
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Over the past decade, Amish fiction–and in particular the romance novel–has boomed in popularity. Valerie Weaver-Zercher joins us today to discuss the genre, including the history of the Amish romance (not as new as you might think), who reads–and writes–Amish romances, and what Amish think about them. Valerie is a writer and editor whose work [...]
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Last week on the Amish quilt shop post I mentioned I picked up a copy of Plain and Happy Living: Amish Recipes and Remedies. This is a book written by the quilt shop owner’s aunt. She noted that it isn’t common for an Amish woman to publish something like that (and even less so 20 [...]
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Amish-owned Raber’s book shop in Holmes County, Ohio We’ve featured Raber’s Bookstore a number of times on this blog. Raber’s is a long-lived Amish book seller in the heart of Holmes County. Mary Raber, who runs the place, kindly let me shoot a few photos during a recent visit. The outside of the shop. It [...]
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I’ll be on Suzanne Woods Fisher’s show today at 5pm EST. Should be a fun time (there might even be a “pre-announcement” on the new book). If you’d like to tune in, you can listen here. And it will be available as a podcast as well. I think we have a pretty free-flow format [...]
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Today we’ve got 6 winners of Ira Wagler’s Growing Up Amish. If you missed the original interview, in which Ira discusses Amish life, family relationships and how he ended up in Lancaster County, you can read it here: Growing Up Amish interview. Growing Up Amish winners I’ve tallied up all additional Facebook and blog entries. [...]
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