Book Beginning: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen, October 13, 2009, Penguin.

A woman returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis
Book beginning:

The year I turned forty-three was the year I realized I should never have taken my Mennonite genes for granted. 

Page 56:

My folks insisted that we study and travel abroad. They have done extensive globetrotting except Antartica, which is probably on their list. 

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