When the Roll Is Called a Pyonder: Tales of a Mennonite Childhood

by Diana R. Zimmerman

"With grace, humor, and sensitivity, Diana R. Zimmerman renders a traditional Mennonite farm family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as seen through a child's eyes and spoken in the hypnotic rhythms of a young girl's voice. The spirited speaker develops a rich sense of herself and her community as she grows up in a conservative religious context where "help means spank," and female children are reared for lives of obedience, modesty, and piety. This is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632130467
• ISBN13: 9781632130464
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Histria Christian
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"