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Growing Up Amish
Growing Up Amish: A Memoir | Ira Wagler
Describes the author's Amish childhood, his departure from his community at age sixteen, his struggles to return to the Amish way of life, and his final acceptance of his own identity and his past.
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SkeletonKey
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Current audiobook. I do not usually listen to Christian audio at all, but since I‘m practically living in Amish country now this has been a very interesting read.

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PurpleTulipGirl
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Author grew up in an Old Order Amish family. By his mid-teens, he longed for a different life. This is his story of leaving, something that clearly wasn't easy to do.

He tries hard to not be bitter or judgmental, and owned his mistakes, which I like. Much of his story matches what I have read elsewhere about what it's like to be Amish, particularly when you don't fit in.

I hope he found the happiness he longed for.

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AmyK1
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Ira was born and raised Amish. And he ran away from it 4 times, starting when he was 17. But he always felt lost and unsettled. Through an Amish friend he became a Christian and walked away from the Amish community for the 5th and final time. This was interesting but a bit repetitive and simple. It‘s also my #doublespin book and book 2 for #marchunshelving @TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick

ljuliel I need to slow down when I read posts. I thought your first sentence said I WAS BORN AND RAISED AMISH. I was getting ramped up to ask you how and why you left ! 😊 4y
AmyK1 @ljuliel 😂😂 Someone on my floor in the dorm at college convinced other people that my roommate and I were Amish. No idea why or how since we definitely didn‘t LOOK Amish. 🤣 4y
TheAromaofBooks My best friend in college and I were really conservative and usually wore long skirts (she also wore head coverings) and everyone asked if we were Amish and like... what we are wearing doesn't look remotely Amish!?!? LOL @ljuliel 4y
TheAromaofBooks Also great review! Sometimes the content of a story is interesting, but it's obvious that the person who wrote it isn't really a professional writer. 4y
AmyK1 @TheAromaofBooks Too funny. We didn‘t even wear skirts! We were always in jeans and tshirts 🤷‍♀️ 4y
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sophierayton
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Short/medium sized religious memoir giving a rarely seen insight into what it is to grow up Amish. What comes through is that aside from all the Amish-ness, people are still people - families love, get along, fall out. People make friends, date, work. Kids get educated, bullied and form cliques.
I hope the author feels like he's living his best life now and I wish him all the best.

Reggie I‘m gonna stack this. My only experience with the Amish in books comes in the form of apocalyptic situations where they rock it out. Lol, stacked. 5y
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Sarz
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2.5 ⭐
I did this one on audiobook, just because the topic interests me. I thought the description of the Amish culture was balanced and respectful, but the story was repetitive. That might not be appropriate to say given it's a memoir but it felt quite circular to me.

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quanners
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Honest and interesting! I listened to this via my audio library account and it was so interesting. As a Christian I am always intrigued about the different sects of believers. Ira‘s struggle within the faith and his battle to break free was interesting. I love that he did not bash the faith and other members. At times his narrative was a little distant but that may have to do with his upbringing. I recommend it.

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caslinj
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Got on audio from my library because I only like listening to nonfiction 😁 It didn‘t get good reviews on Goodreads so I was a tiny bit leery but the books I love often don‘t have super high ratings. I started and finished this all in one day. I was fascinated by struggle of leaving the Amish faith and family and how it can draw you back. It didn‘t go into enough of the details of being Amish for me, but maybe that part was all there is to know.

Kaye Thanks for the follow💕 6y
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nickimags
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I've had this audiobook on OverDrive tbr for ages and I finally started listening to it last night. It's fascinating and Adam Verner is a great narrator, making it a very easy listen.