Critical Praise

“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>

“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 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