Growing Up Amish

Growing Up Amish by Ira Wagler

My rating:

3 stars—I liked it.

My thoughts:

I enjoyed Ira Wagler’s life story. The Amish lifestyle is intriguing. Wagler tells of his inner struggle to define himself and define his beliefs.

Description from Goodreads.com:

“Ira Wagler was born in 1961, the ninth of a Canadian Amish couple's eleven children. At seventeen, in the dark of night, he left the religious settlement, but it was only nine years later that he finally left the church for good. His favorite Bible verse is from Psalm 34: "Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart." In this new memoir, he tells what it was like growing up Old World Amish and what it felt like leaving it for a strange new world. Far more than picturesque; Growing Up Amish conveys one man's heartfelt experience.”