Critical Praise

“This careful account of a quiet young woman’s successful journey through the thickets of religious dogma is both readable and enlightening.”

——Arizona Daily Star

“Ayers’ childhood was a hardscrabble place of black stockings, brimmed bonnets, a dress code so austere that even buttons were considered vanity.”

——St. Petersburg Times<</I>

“Ayers release came through the awareness that she didn’t need to fear her past.”

——Mennonite Weekly Review

“Her story is both fascinating and touching, a glimpse into a hidden world and the deeply personal emotions of one who was a part of it.”

——The Plain Dealer

“Only when she wrote her book did Ayers come to terms with her upbringing.”

——The Tampa Tribune