A wholly compelling memoir about unraveling the ties that bind, and coming home to one’s own knowing and wisdom

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Insulated by a culture that steadfastly kept its distance from outsiders and the march of progress, as a little girl Patty Bear anticipated following in her mother’s footsteps. But in 1972, at the age of eight, her father sparked religious controversy and ignited a scandal rare in the Mennonite community. Abruptly subjected to the chaos that surrounded the ritual practice of shunning, Patty, her mother, and five siblings were swept into a tornado of absurd accusations and public humiliation, forced to hide and endure publicity that headlined prominent national newspapers for almost a decade ...