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Mennonite in a little black dress : [electronic resource] : A memoir of going home. Rhonda Janzen.

Janzen, Rhonda. (Author). Huber, Hillary. (Added Author).

Summary:

Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. It was bad enough that her husband of fifteen years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, but that same week a car accident left her injured. Needing a place to rest and pick up the pieces of her life, Rhoda packed her bags, crossed the country, and returned to her quirky Mennonite family's home, where she was welcomed back with open arms and offbeat advice. (Rhoda's good-natured mother suggested she get over her heartbreak by dating her first cousin―he owned a tractor, see.)Written with wry humor and huge personality―and tackling faith, love, family, and aging―Mennonite in a Little Black Dress is an immensely moving memoir of healing, certain to touch anyone who has ever had to look homeward in order to move ahead. -- from Amazon.com.

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  • ISBN: 9781598879087 (sound recording)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (7 audio files) : digital
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: Prince Frederick : HighBridge Audio, 2009.

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Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrator: Hillary Huber.
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Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 232431 KB).
Subject: Nonfiction.
Biography & Autobiography.
Genre: Electronic books.

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Mennonite in a Little Black Dress : A Memoir of Going Home
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress : A Memoir of Going Home
by Janzen, Rhoda
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Mennonite in a Little Black Dress : A Memoir of Going Home


A hilarious and moving memoir in the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron about a woman who returns home to her Mennonite family after a personal crisis.The same week her husband of 15 years ditches her for a guy he met on Gay.com, a partially inebriated teenage driver smacks her VW Beetle head-on. Marriage over, body bruised, life upside-down, Rhoda does what any sensible 43-year-old would do: She goes home.But hers is not just any home. It's a Mennonite home, the scene of her painfully uncool childhood and the bosom of her family: handsome but grouchy Dad, plain but cheerful Mom. Drinking, smoking, and slumber parties are nixed; potlucks, prune soup, and public prayer are embraced. Having long ago left the faith behind, Rhoda is surprised when the conservative community welcomes her back with open arms-and offbeat advice. She discovers that this safe, sheltered world is the perfect place to come to terms with her failed marriage and the choices that both freed and entrapped her.

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