false 507440 3 <P><b> A work <i>Booklist</i> called &#2863;ving and life&ndash;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</b>. </P><P> 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 &#3304;e English&#2012;'96 everyone who lived on the outside. As a result, Ruth knew only one way of life, and one way of doing things.</P><P> 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. </P><P> </b></b></P> 3577521 2001 Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life total:97|5:8|4:21|3:37|2:25|1:6| 97 291 185 29 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 14:59:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 15:09:16 -0700 2009
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The story here is interesting. I have read several books about Mormon Polygamist communities and was struck by the similarities between those and th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 17 10:32:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 10:34:13 -0700 2008 Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape From Amish Life when it came into the check-in room at work alongside The Amish Family Cookbook. I liked the juxtaposition and I thought it might be fun to read a sordid tale of the Amish life and how one woman bravely escaped the confines of head-cover...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 18:38:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 12:34:49 -0700 2008 Crossing Over by Ruth Irene Garrett (2001), I was well-aware that the Amish used motor vehicles. As a matter of fact, I was up in Ohio two weeks ago and saw about seven of them piling out of van. I saw another one, a girl, smoking a cigarette, her shaved legs revealed just as much as ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 27 19:01:13 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 08 06:58:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 02 16:37:22 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 16:41:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jul 24 07:27:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 19:56:08 -0700 2009 Plain Secrets (also on my list) was much, much better and I think it painted a much clearer and less biased pic...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 19:07:46 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 19:17:00 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jul 22 16:34:04 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 22 16:38:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 06 17:22:26 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 17:22:59 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 21:38:29 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 21:40:35 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 true false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 10:10:54 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 14:00:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 13:41:56 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 13:48:17 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Mar 11 13:51:34 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 10:26:02 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jul 28 13:29:16 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 13:34:37 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Apr 30 18:02:01 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 08:27:49 -0700 2008 2 0 true false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 07 14:53:50 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 14:55:04 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Sat Feb 02 21:08:43 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 21:08:43 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 03 08:22:04 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 08:23:11 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=507440