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    <body><![CDATA[A fascinating and honest look into the Hutterite world.  <br/><br/>Having grown up with close Hutterite friends, this was an interesting glimpse into their world.  It was like visiting an old friend.  The book was particularly enlightening because many of our friends left their colony because of d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40935399">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting to read of the lifestyles of a Hutterite.  It is easy for us to be quick to judge but I think there are many stories of hurt and injustice in our society as well.  I admire the way Hutterites try to get along with each and almost have to in order to continue to work and live so clos...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46850885">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you live in a prairie town there is a good chance you have a Hutterite colony nearby.  This book gave me a clearer picture of the history, culture and routines of life on a colony.  I have heard of people leaving the colony but did not have an understanding of their struggles to cope in the mains...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67026486">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Things I liked about this book - first hand account of a culture I often have glimpses of, but knew very little about, discussed places/climate that I'm familiar with being that the author grew up in southern Manitoba.  I learned a lot about the culture, history and religion of Hutterite people that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61107334">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An amazing story! The book is educational in the descriptions and stories of life on the colony and then adjusting to &quot;English&quot; life after. It's a great story of how a family can overcome adversity amd really stick together when times get tough. I know way more about the Hutterite lifestyl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42534665">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fabulous book that was a real treat to read.  It was educational, humourous, insightful, heart breaking and all true.  Kirkby recalls her Hutterite* heritage and the break from the colony resulting in not belonging anywhere.  I think this novel should be required reading for Canadian stude...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75687655">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an enjoyable read and I got to see inside a culture I know I otherwise never would. <br/><br/>I think a book of this topic could easily be either boring or judgmental/exploitive, but I think this story manages to be sweet and interesting. <br/><br/>I appreciate Mary-Ann Kirkby for putti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47757883">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is the story of Mary-Ann Kirby's family experience in leaving the Hutterite colony. She later went on to be a new caster on a local TV station and her husband was mayor of Prince Albert. Pretty interesting read so far. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. Hutterite people have always been familiar to me as there are many colonies in our area, but this book gave me an insight and understanding of their culture that I didn't have before. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A good insight into the Hutterite life....and the comfort it provides for those who are in it.  A good read for those to help overcome ignorance of other cultures and religious sects.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I lived on the colony with Ann Marie for the duration of the book.  Fantastic insight into another culture that makes ours seems shallow, material, and divided from other souls.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book as I work with many people of this faith.  It helped me to gain greater insight into their traditions and beliefs]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting book-an excellent look into another culture not often thought about. Part of me wishes I could be a 'colony' wife!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I started to read this but didn't get into it.  It is perhaps suited to a long cold winter read.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The information was interesting, but I didn't like her writing.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Easily read-as if listening to the author tell a story over coffee.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hutterites are just like everyone else!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book to learn about Hutterite culture, religious practices and the community based way of life that its practitioners follow. In all those areas it delivered, not in a direct way but through Ann-Marie/Mary-Ann's narrative of her family history. Religious belief and practise is clearly ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8687744">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[While not the best written book I've ever read, it is a fascinating account of growing up on the colony.  My favourite line is &quot;trow the ball to turd&quot; - mostly because as it is written I can hear the Hutterite accent &amp; speech in my head.  I learned a number of things that I never knew abou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21640339">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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