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Between 2005 and 2009, in a remote religious Mennonite colony, over a hundred girls and women were knocked unconscious and raped, often repeatedly, by what many thought were ghosts or demons, as a punishment for their sins. As the women tentatively began to share the details of the attacks -- waking up sore and bleeding and not understanding why -- their stories were chalked up to 'wild female imagination.' Women Talking is an imagined response to...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
The women of an insular, ultraconservative religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. Through the backstory, we see a community of women come together in the aftermath of pervasive sexual assault to figure out how they might move forward to build a better world...
Pub. Date
[2018]
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243 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Ever wish you could visit with a group of Amish or Mennonite women over a cup of coffee? In the pages of Homespun, Amish and Plain Mennonite women swap stories and spin yarns while we listen in. Lorilee Craker, bestselling author of Money Secrets of the Amish, collects these personal writings about hospitality, home, grief, joy, and walks with God. Hear from one woman who struggles with feeling inferior to her sister, from another about her longing...
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Plain City bridesmaids volume 3
Pub. Date
[2012]
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316 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Megan must choose between her two loves--missionary pilot Chance, and college crush Micah, who is a pastoral candidate for her Mennonite church.
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Plain City bridesmaids volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
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319 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Katy Yoder lives a simple, sheltered lifestyle ensconced in the traditions of the Conservative Mennonite church and holds a naive black-and-white world view. With her parents' approval, she moves in with a childhood friend. But after taking a temporary nanny position, gray begins to cloud her world and forces her to bend the rules. On top of that, her friends clutter her mind with their progressive ideas--like ditching the prayer cap--forcing Kathy...
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Amish memories volume 1
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English
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"When Ivy Zimmerman's Mennonite parents are killed in a tragic accident, her way of life is upended. As she grows suspicious that her parents' deaths weren't an accident, she gains courage from her Amish great-grandmother's time in pre-war Germany in 1937. With the inspiration of her great-grandmother, Ivy seeks justice for her parents, her sisters, and herself"--
When her parents are killed in a tragic accident, Ivy Zimmerman's way of life is upended....
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Amish memories volume 2
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English
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"After the death of her parents, Mennonite Brenna Zimmerman relocates to the Lancaster County farm of her Old Order Amish grandparents. There, she befriends Rylan Sanders, a disabled veteran, and commits to rising above her own grief to help him as much as she can. But when things take a turn for the worse, Brenna finds herself at a loss for what to do. As Brenna struggles, her Mennonite friend Johann Mazur, a soldier in the Ukrainian Army, encourages...
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Plain City bridesmaids volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
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318 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Return to Plain City, Ohio, where Mennonite Lil Landis gets caught up in her dreams--and problems. But will it blind her to what matters most?
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[2018]
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271 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Once a week Darla Weaver bundles her children into the buggy, hitches up her spirited mare, and drives six miles to the farm where she grew up. There she gathers with her four sisters and their children for a day with their mother. In Gathering of Sisters, Weaver writes about her horse-and-buggy Mennonite family and the weekly women's gatherings that keep them connected. On warm days, the children play and fish and build houses of hay in the barn....
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Love inspired volume 1501
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Restaurant owner Fannie Miller’s heart shattered when David Troyer vanished a day after asking to court her. But now David is back—with no memory of her. When Fannie’s tasked with catering a Troyer family reunion, her plan to avoid David proves difficult…especially after she realizes he’s still the same caring man she once dreamed of marrying. Will digging into the past lead to heartbreak a second time?" --Amazon.
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2016.
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317 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Carly and Adam work to reunite an elderly Mennonite woman with her first love before her 85th birthday. Will the two find love along the way as well?
Carly Blosser is not a typical conservative Mennonite woman: she's unmarried at 27, living alone, and careening around her Oregon neighborhood on a pink bicycle. But she has a soft heart for the elderly Mennonite residents at Sweet Life Assisted Living Facility, where she works as a caregiver. Right...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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ix, 282 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"A funny and whip-smart memoir about a feisty young woman's quest for independence in an isolated Mennonite community. Carla Funk is a teenager with her hands on the church piano keys and her feet edging ever closer to the flames. Coming of age in a remote and forested valley--a place rich in Mennonites, loggers, and dutiful wives who submit to their husbands--she knows her destiny is to marry, have babies, and join the church ladies' sewing circle....
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