THIS WEEK IN JULY

  1. Thursday Jul 15 RHODA JANZEN THURSDAY, JULY 15; 7-8 PM @ The Greene RHODA JANZEN will introduce the softcover edition of her humorous and very moving book, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home. Rhoda wasn’t just raised a Mennonite, her...
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RHODA JANZEN

THURSDAY, JULY 15; 7-8 PM @ The Greene

RHODA JANZEN will introduce the softcover edition of her humorous and very moving book, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home. Rhoda wasn’t just raised a Mennonite, her father was once the head of the North American Mennonite Conference. And although she had long ago left the church, the conservative religious community of her youth welcomed her back with open arms and generous advice. That was just what she needed. In the embrace of her family and community she finds the space to come to terms with her failed marriage and the time to reflect not only on her desire, as a young woman, to leave her sheltered world behind but also on the choices she’d made that both freed and entrapped her.

Rhoda Janzen has an MA and Ph.D. in American literature and has received numerous awards, honors, and fellowships. She teaches English and Creative Writing at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

RHODA JANZEN