Crossing Over by Ruth Irene Garrett and Rick Farrant

May 22, 2010 by Christina

Nonfiction — print. HarperSanFrancisco, 2003. 190 pgs. Library copy. The fifth of seven children, Ruth Irene Garrett was raised in the strict Old Order Amish community of Kalona, Iowa whose dress, buggies, codes of conduct, and way of life differed even from other Amish societies only 100 miles away. Her community avoided interaction with everyone who lived on the outside but when Irene becomes dissatisfied with her life (and falls in love with an English man), she decides to leave […]

Categories: 2010 Reads, Amish, Nonfiction, North America, Religion, United States • Tags: Rick Farrant, Ruth Irene Garrett