Why I left the Amish. “There are two ways to leave the Amish – one is through life and the other through death,” writes author Saloma Miller Furlong, who grew up in the Amish community in Ohio. “To leave through life, one has to deliberately walk away.” Furlong tells how she made this difficult break in her memoir Why I Left the Amish. Furlong will touch upon aspects of Amish life that have long fascinated outsiders, such as shunning, rum springa and community. Saloma Miller Furlong was featured on PBS American Experience - The Amish.
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