DISPLACED

a memoir

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Pub Date Nov 15 2020 | Archive Date May 05 2021

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Description

Covering the span of her early childhood through adulthood, Esther takes you on a journey of unspeakable loss, survival, resilience, and strong family bonds.

For Esther, the youngest of fourteen siblings born into a conservative Mennonite Colony in the heart of South America, everyday life revolves around rules, routine, and monotonous chores on a family farm without so much as electricity and running water. As she sees it, her childhood is normal and ordinary. That is until one catastrophic day when everything changes. Suddenly, eleven-year-old Esther must leave behind everything she’s ever known.

DISPLACED is the true, heartbreaking account of growing up in a Mennonite family and the harrowing events that eventually lead to her and her three youngest siblings’ dramatic escape to Canada. Everything Esther has ever known about her identity is left behind as she struggles to find a place for herself in a new country, a new culture, and a new language.

Covering the span of her early childhood through adulthood, Esther takes you on a journey of unspeakable loss, survival, resilience, and strong family bonds.

For Esther, the youngest of fourteen...


Advance Praise

This story immediately pulls you in and keeps your attention until the last page.

This story immediately pulls you in and keeps your attention until the last page.


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ISBN 9781777415105
PRICE $4.68 (USD)

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A good read and a very interesting story that keeps you gripped throughout. A very real life event that is hard to believe sometimes.

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Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an opportunity to review this book. I read this book because it sounded interesting concerning the Mennonite faith in the 70s. It was a good book that made you appreciate the life we have now and modern medicine. It is impressive to see what the author has overcame to live the life she has. 4 stars and I wish the ending was not as rushed. Still a good read.

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I didn't know much about Mennonites, much less about Mennonites in Bolivia. So I picked up this book to learn more. What I learned was interesting and shocking.
I'm amazed that Esther after all these tragedies did not loose her faith in God.

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This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher.
I enjoyed reading this book and learned so much about the origins and practices of the Mennonite religion. It is a very interesting culture. I had no idea before this book exactly what their beliefs and rituals were like.
Many of them seem to live in near poverty.
They are very hard workers.
I thought the book was well written but I do think it dragged in the middle. Overall though an enjoyable read.

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A sobering memoir about a family that endured numerous tragedies and separations. I have read numerous memoirs about Mennonites, but never ones who lived in Bolivia. I was aghast at the horrible tragedy that preceded the author and her siblings frantic move to Canada. I appreciated the author including many family photos.

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