Rhoda Janzen

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir of Going Home

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Hilarious... musings on Janzen's childhood, marriage, and eccentric family.... mines Mennonite culture for comic effect, but... does so with love." - Entertainment Weekly Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. Her brilliant husband of fifteen years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, and the same week a car accident left her with serious injuries. What was a gal to do? Rhoda packed her bags and went home. This wasn't just any home, though. This was a Mennonite home. While Rhoda had long ventured out on her own spiritual path, the conservative community welcomed her back with open arms and offbeat advice. (Rhoda's good-natured mother suggested she date her first cousin-he owned a tractor, see.) It is in this safe place that Rhoda can come to terms with her failed marriage; her desire, as a young woman, to leave her sheltered world behind; and the choices that both freed and entrapped her. Tackling faith, love, family, and aging, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress is an immensely moving memoir of healing. "Funny, breezy yet profound, and poetic... [Janzen's] tone reminds me of Garrison Keillor's." -Kate Christensen, New York Times Book Review "Hilarious and touching." - People "Women will immediately warm to [Jantzen's] self-deprecating honesty." - Publishers Weekly, starred review "[A] spirited, fascinating memoir." -Hannah Sampson, Miami Herald "In the tradition of David Sedaris.... family... is the source of the book's biggest laughs, and its heart." -Marisa Meltzer, The Daily Beast "The most delightful memoir I've read in ages." -Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times-bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Henry Holt and Co.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781429982337
• Artikelnr.: 39955579