Mennonite, A Bonnet and a Motorcycle

by Marlene Joyce

Overview

"Mennonite, a Bonnet and a Motorcycle" allows you to step into the lives of a young Mennonite girl and and her fiance. They have fallen in love. He is a young doctor who is not of the faith; he wants her to go away with him to set up a medical practice. They must leave the Mennonite community. Her break from the church will most surely be a cause for shunning by the church members as well as her family. Yes, it was unthinkable to cause her family the pain. It was with very little announcement that they escaped the Mennonite community on a motorcycle, roaring away to a Baptist church to get married where they proceeded to Alsop, Michigan to begin married life. She loved the feeling of abandon on the motorcycle. Her bonnet ribbons blew in the wind; her long skirts were raised above the knees!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483598178
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	12/27/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	81
File size:	286 KB

About the Author

The author was reared in an Old Order Mennonite family, and whose father became a member of the Church soon after he was married. Her mother never made the commitment to join the Mennonite church. Essentially it was a Mennonite home dominated by that philosophy and spirituality. The author believes that she was richly nurtured by both worlds. Her mother linked the children to the larger world outside of the Mennonite community while her father was steadfast in teaching his faith by example. In a marriage such as this both husband and wife must honor and respect one another's thoughts and actions. It was a good solid home where the family members were bound by love, and grounded by unity for survival in a farming community after the Great Depression and at the onset of World War II. This a novel inspired by people and various life stories within the Mennonite community.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Why They Choose to Become Mennonites 1

Chapter 1 The Escape 3

Chapter 2 Courting in the Park 15

Chapter 3 Elopement Avoids Shunning 30

Chapter 4 Cradle in the Attic 36

Chapter 5 Finding a Christian Church 46

Chapter 6 A Visit to Her Parents 49

Chapter 7 Bullying on the Bus 54

Chapter 8 Turning the Other Cheek 57

Chapter 9 Returning to Alsop 60

Chapter 10 Taking a Road Trip 64

Chapter 11 Some Life Changes 69

Chapter 12 A Mennonite Funeral 72

Chapter 13 Adult Baptism - Anabaptist 73

Chapter 14 Back to the Books 78

Chapter 15 Six Years Later 80

Epilogue 82

About the Author 83

Appendix History Background

Mennonite History 84

Mennonite Statistics 86