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Runaway Amish Girl
- The Great Escape
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Growing up Amish and leaving the fold, Emma Gingerich left her Amish community in Eagleville, Missouri, at the age of 18. Her memoir Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape captivates even the timid listener. Disagreeing with the beliefs of Amish traditions and upbringing, the pressure became too much for her to bear. Forced to make a personal decision, Emma found the courage to leave the only life she had ever known. She had no idea the emotional turmoil she'd inflict on her family and friends. The emotional reactions of her parents, brothers, and sisters, were gut-wrenching. Considered no longer a daughter or a sister, temporarily exiled, Emma found a way to be free. Education became her priority as she found her place in the "English" world. This true story is a rare glimpse into the life of a brave young woman.
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On January 14, 2018, a 17-year-old girl climbed out of the window of her Perris, California home and dialed 911 with shaking fingers. Struggling to stay calm, she told the operator that she and her 12 siblings - ranging in age from two to 29 - were being abused by their parents. When the dispatcher asked for her address, the girl hesitated. "I've never been out," she stammered.
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Sloppy Journalism
- De R. Squyres en 08-21-19
De: John Glatt
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The Convent
- The Shocking True Story of Surviving and Evil Nun's Care Home from Hell
- De: Marie Hargreaves
- Narrado por: Dorothy Lawrence
- Duración: 8 h y 24 m
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When a fancy car pulls up outside six-year-old Marie's home in 1959, her dad tells her she is going on holiday. But little does she know she will not see her home again for four long years. Her family cannot afford to keep her at home. Marie tells the story of how she was taken away from a poor but happy and loving home life to live in a convent - away from everyone and everything she holds dear. Her hair is bluntly chopped, her clothes are taken away and her name is changed. Then a horrific ritual of physical, sexual and mental abuse begins.
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Stunning Book
- De madameEmily en 10-09-21
De: Marie Hargreaves
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Tears of the Silenced
- An Amish True Crime Memoir of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Brutal Betrayal, and Ultimate Survival
- De: Misty Griffin
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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When Misty was six years old, her family started to live and dress like the Amish. Misty and her sister were kept as slaves on a mountain ranch where they were subjected to almost complete isolation, sexual abuse, and extreme physical violence. When Misty reached her teens, her parents feared she and her sister would escape and took them to an Amish community where they were adopted and became baptized members. Misty was devastated to once again find herself in a world of fear, animal cruelty, and sexual abuse.
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Author is definitely dedicated
- De Felisa Kay en 09-15-20
De: Misty Griffin
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Amish Promises
- Neighbors of Lancaster County
- De: Leslie Gould
- Narrado por: Stina Nielsen
- Duración: 13 h y 12 m
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When Joel and Shani Beck arrive at their new home on Juneberry Lane in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, they're looking for peace. Joel's recently returned from Iraq and is recuperating, and Shani is just happy to have her family back together. They can't imagine any trouble with their Amish neighbors, the Lehmans, but things get off to a rocky start when their son accidently hurts Simon, one of the Lehman boys.
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The Most Awesome Book
- De betty en 05-24-15
De: Leslie Gould
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No, Daddy, Don't
- De: Irene Pence
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
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Dallas antiques dealer Mary Jean Pearle had a bitter history with her ex-husband, John David Battaglia, a former Marine and successful accountant. But even after the abuse she endured from him, she never thought he would go after their daughters, Faith and Liberty. That is, until she listened helplessly over the phone as Faith made a heartrending plea for her life - which was followed by gunshots. In this updated account of Battaglia's unthinkable crime, Irene Pence recounts an unforgettable saga of violence, betrayal, and a mother's worst nightmare.
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Justice provided too late...
- De vtb en 09-07-18
De: Irene Pence
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We Thought We Knew You
- A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder
- De: M. William Phelps
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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In 2015, Mary Yoder returned home from the chiropractic center that she operated with her husband, Bill, complaining that she felt unwell. Mary, health-conscious and vibrant, was suddenly vomiting, sweating, and weak. Doctors in the ER and ICU were baffled as to the cause of her rapidly progressing illness. Her loved ones - including Bill and their children, Adam, Tamryn, and Liana - gathered in shock to say good-bye. In the weeks that followed Mary's death, the grief-stricken family received startling news from the medical examiner: Mary had been deliberately poisoned with colchicine.
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Way too repetitive
- De Elbieluv en 02-24-21
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Behind Blue Curtains
- A True Crime Memoir of an Amish Woman's Survival, Escape, and Pursuit of Justice
- De: Lizzy Hershberger, M. Maeve Eagan
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 4 h y 33 m
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When Lizzy Hershberger turns fourteen, her schooling ends at eighth grade, and she has no choice but to leave home to work as an unpaid maid for another family. To avoid being rejected by her ultra-conservative Swartzentruber Amish family and community, Lizzy is forced to abandon her dreams because they are “too worldly.” After being raped by an Amish deacon over two dozen times, Lizzy makes her first attempt at “jumping the fence” to pursue a non-Amish lifestyle. But without any modern life experience or education, Lizzy must decide whether the risks of this unpredictable and ...
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Such bravery and truth
- De Amazon Customer en 02-19-24
De: Lizzy Hershberger, y otros
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The Sound of Gravel
- A Memoir
- De: Ruth Wariner
- Narrado por: Ruth Wariner
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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Ruth Wariner was the 39th of her father's 42 children. Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turned a blind eye to the practices of her community, Ruth lives in a ramshackle house without indoor plumbing or electricity. At church, preachers teach that God will punish the wicked by destroying the world and that women can ascend to heaven only by entering into polygamous marriages and giving birth to as many children as possible.
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Unputdownable
- De Lesley A. en 01-16-16
De: Ruth Wariner
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Stolen Innocence
- My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
- De: Elissa Wall, Lisa Pulitzer
- Narrado por: Renée Raudman
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
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In September 2007, Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her to marry her first cousin at age 14. This harrowing account proved to be the most compelling evidence against Jeffs, showing the harsh realities of this closed community and the lengths to which Jeffs went in order to control the sect's women. Now, in this courageous memoir, Wall tells the incredible story of how she emerged from the confines of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints and helped bring one of America's most notorious criminals to justice.
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Chris from Cedar City, UT USA
- De Christine en 06-14-08
De: Elissa Wall, y otros
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The Sleepover
- De: Keri Beevis
- Narrado por: Imogen Church
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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The summer in question started out with hot, fun-filled days and new friendships. We had just turned thirteen and had our whole lives ahead of us. But that was before her. Before we became known as the Hixton Five and our lives become defined by one night. It’s hard to believe twenty years have passed since she was locked away. But now she’s free and strange things have started to happen. When I close my eyes, the creeping anxiety and fear is overwhelming and all too real. Because the monster is back, and I know she has a score to settle with us.
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Great Narration. Disappointing Story
- De Randy Lentz en 03-04-24
De: Keri Beevis
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Dolly Parton, Songteller
- My Life in Lyrics
- De: Dolly Parton
- Narrado por: Dolly Parton
- Duración: 5 h y 18 m
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A Recorded Books Audio Original production of songs and stories performed by Dolly herself, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics goes beyond the glitz, glamour, and rhinestones to the warmth, heart, and soul of a treasured pop-culture icon.
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Interview without questions
- De Amazon Customer en 11-19-20
De: Dolly Parton
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The Things We Leave Unfinished
- De: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrado por: Tim Paige, Carly Robins
- Duración: 14 h y 32 m
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A heart-wrenching new novel from best-selling author Rebecca Yarros that examines the risks we take for love, the scars too deep to heal, and the endings we can't bring ourselves to see coming.
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Can’t listen - wish I could get my credit back!
- De S RORO en 08-16-23
De: Rebecca Yarros
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- MJQ
- 01-08-24
Enjoyed learning
Reading like an Amish person might speak, I enjoyed learning the customs and lifestyle she walked away from.
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- Andrea A. Lewand
- 02-20-24
Recommended Read
Very interesting, well written, and informative. Having escaped a similar situation, I could really relate, and the author often put words to things I've gone through in my recovery. That helped me. Thank you. I wish Emma continued happiness and I hope she is proud of how far she has come.
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- Tmbstne284
- 10-13-22
Love this
This gives people a look into the Amish community from view of someone who was member of it.
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- OldWomanNoShoe
- 03-14-23
NOT the picture painted in the romance novels....
Of course each person's experience is her own, but I was shocked at Emma's raw portrayal of her life in the Amish Community. I had only listened to light, Christian, Amish/Mennonite. fiction novels. Emma describes a much darker view into family life, dating rituals, and the hierarchy in the very strictest of Amish sects. I appreciate and respect her candor as she described the dangers brought on by her naivete and lack of education.
What a strong woman.
The nararrator is also perfectly matched to the work.
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- Keren Jackson
- 12-10-23
I wish the author had read this herself
The narrator isn't bad-- she reads with expression--but I can tell these aren't her words. Every once in a while, there's an awkward turn of phrase, and I can't tell if it's because English is the writers second language or if the narrator messed up the phrase. I think the story would have felt more natural if the author had narrated it herself.
As for the story itself, it's a window into another world, but it's a narrow window because it reflects only the author's perspective. As many details as she shares about her family's Amish culture and day-to-day life, she doesn't seem to understand that life at all. Don't get me wrong, I totally understand. It would be like me writing a book revealing the culture of Southern Baptist Christians. Now that I'm not longer a follower of those doctrines and no longer participate in that culture, it seems odd and wrong. This is how Emma depicts her family culture...from the outside in. Even when she lived with her family, she felt like an outsider, and that is compounded the more years she spends in the English world.
The writing itself is just okay. The story is disjointed at times; it seems to lack a narrative thread beyond "Here is the next thing that happened." Some of the anecdotes are out of place or just unnecessary to the central narrative of Emma's feelings of isolation and oppression, which drove her to run away. Then, some of the more frightening experiences are layed out as examples of the oppression and limitations of Amish culture without any true connection to the greater lessons she learns along the way. Maybe it's her language barrier, but even in moments where she's expressing her inner thoughts and feelings, she doesn't fully connect to that emotion in her writing. She comes off as superficial.
Overall, it was interesting and a story worth hearing, but it's not one of the better memoirs I've read.
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- Lori
- 01-28-24
Narrator spoke very well and pleasantly
I listened to the audio version of this book. The topic I felt would be interesting, except that a couple Chapters in the storyline seems to be jerky and skipping around. It was a quick listen at just about 5 hrs, I would have rather listened longer and gleaned more information about Amish life and about Emma herself. Even at the ending, I know she finished schooling and it seems that she did well but … what happened after? Did she stay in Texas? Did she marry? How was the family towards her in later years? Did she find a job? Friends?
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- Rebeccaannemiller
- 09-03-21
great autobiography! so informative!!
great autobiography, I enjoyed this thoroughly! I wood love to hear and learn more about the author's life and culture
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- Lori Davidsmeyer
- 02-13-23
Good story
Very interesting. The determination of the author is amazing. Her will to be something other than submissive is extraordinary. I think about how many Amish women were held back from being who they could have been because of this cult. They have no life.
Very sad. Very happy for Emma!
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- Anonymous User
- 02-06-23
Delightful Book
Loved this book. Everything about it was excellent.. I’m hoping I’ll find a sequel!!
Thank you
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- Nena
- 09-03-23
Runaway
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. the story of a strong young woman, the author, who leaves her Amish family for a better life.
while I respect the Amish for their strength and their values I just can't understand some of the rules and regulations they set on their people. It seems like any conveniences they have were put in place to make things easier for the men... women are ranked just one step above a dog but less important than cattle.
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