Mennonite Daughter: The Story of a Plain Girl

What if the Mennonite life young Marian Longenecker chafed against offered the chance for a new beginning? What if her two Lancaster County homes with three generations of family were the perfect launch pad for a brighter future? Readers who long for a simpler life can smell the aroma of saffron-infused potpie in Grandmas kitchen hear the strains of four-part a capella music at church and see the miracle of a divine healing.Follow the author in pigtails as a child and later with a prayer cap bucking a heavy-handed father and challenging church rules. Feel the terror of being locked behind a cellar door. Observe the horror of feeling defenseless before a conclave of bishops an event propelling her into a different world.Fans of coming-of-age stories will delight in one womans surprising path toward self-discovery a self that lets her revel in shiny red shoes.