Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape
Author: Emma Gingerich
Published By: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press LLC
Date Published: March 6th 2014 (first
published January 1st 2014)
Genre: Autobiography, Memoirs
Pages: 174
Recommended Age: Adults
Read and Reviewed By: Me
Rating: C/3
This book was from my own personal library
Summary:
Emma Gingerich grew up in a Swartzentruber Amish community
in Eagleville, Missouri. She didn’t agree with the Amish traditions of her
upbringing and makes the decision to run away with the help of an Englischer.
She then goes on to pursue her dream of higher education.
My Thoughts:
I enjoyed reading Runaway
Amish Girl. I think Emma Gingerich did an excellent job in writing her
story. She told a story that had to have been hard to tell. She spoke of things most
women would have been too afraid to speak about. The book itself was well written and I truly liked that although
she has a college education, Gingerich did not use graduate level words and
everyone is capable to read her story.
Although I enjoyed reading Runaway Amish Girl, I didn’t like that it was so short. It seemed
in the last chapter she wrapped her story up bit quickly. For these reasons, I gave
Runaway Amish Girl by Emma Gingerich
a grade of a C. I do recommend
others to read Gingerich’s story because it will give everyone an insight in the Swartzentruber
Amish community’s way of life.
Parents:
Language: None
Adult Content: A rape scene
Violence: A
rape scene 
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