![]() ![]() ![]() Why I Left the Amish is an uncomfortable story, but – at the same time – one of empowerment. Ultimately, however, she takes charge of her life and makes the impossible decision to put the Amish world behind her. After years of being pushed to the margins of Amish society, the young woman hits rock bottom. The complex interplay between age, class, gender, tradition, and her father’s mental illness serve as obstacles to her recovery. Returning for the funeral stirs up memories of her childhood, troubled teenage years, and abuse. She has also been featured on PBS American Experience documentaries, The Amish and The Amish: Shunned. Furlong’s debut memoir opens with a meditation on death in Amish society as she struggles to come to terms with her own father’s passing. ![]() Saloma Miller Furlong is author of the ex-Amish serial memoirs, Why I Left the Amish (2011) and Bonnet Strings: An Amish Woman’s Ties to Two Worlds (2014). ![]()
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