I Am Hutterite The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage

Name: I Am Hutterite The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage
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ISBN: 9780849948107

ISBN-10: 084994810X

ISBN-13: 9780849948107

Edition: 2010

Authors: Mary-Ann Kirkby

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A Fascinating journey into the heart and culture of a reclusive religious community.I Am Hutterite takes readers into the hidden heart of the little-known Hutterite colony in southern Manitoba where author Mary-Ann Kirkby spent her childhood. When she was ten years old her parents packed up their seven children and a handful of possessions and left the security of the colony to start a new life. Overnight they were thrust into a world they didn't understand, a world that did not understand them.Before she left the colony Mary-Ann had never tasted macaroni and cheese or ridden a bike. She had never heard of Walt Disney or rock-and-roll. She was forced to reinvent herself, denying her…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Incorporated
Publication date: 5/3/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Foreword


A Short History of the Hutterites


Prologue


"Der G'hï¿½rt Mein!": "He's Mine!"


Die Hochzeit: The Wedding


"Du Sei Der Gute": "You Be the Good One"


Tea Bags and Sugar Lumps


Renie


Die Teacherin; The Teacher


Secret Flowerpot


Weglaufen: Running Away


Our Year at Dahl's Farm


Rogers' Farm


A Place of Our Own in Plum Coulee/Winkler


Epilogue


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Family Tree


Hutterisch: Hutterite Language Glossary


Bibliography


Hutterite Sucre Pie