Showing Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life by Ruth Irene Garrett

Paperback. Pub Date: 2003 Pages: 208 Publisher: the HarperOne 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 Ought up with rigid the rules and intense secrecy in a world where the dress. buggies. codes of conduct. and way of life differed from that of other Amish societies a mere one hundred miles away. Her community uncompromisingly avoided all interaction with the English - everyone who lived on the outside. As a result. Ruth knew only one way of life. one way of doing things.This compelling true tale offers a striking look inside a hidden community as a woman comes to terms with her discontent and ultimately leaves her family. faith. and the sheltered world of her childhood. She avely crosses over to a new and unfamiliar reality in hopes of better understanding her emotional and spiritual ...