Journal Entry 1 by candieb from Austin, Texas USA on Wednesday, August 01, 2007

From the Publisher
Rumspringa is Tom Shachtman’s celebrated look at a littleknown Amish coming-of-age ritual, the rumspringa—the period of “running around” that begins for their youth at age sixteen. During this time, Amish youth are allowed to live outside the bounds of their faith, experimenting with alcohol, premarital sex, revealing clothes, telephones, drugs, and wild parties. By allowing such broad freedoms, their parents hope they will learn enough to help them make the most important decision of their lives—whether to be baptized as Christians, join the church, and forever give up worldly ways, or to remain in the world.
In this searching book, Shachtman draws on his skills as a documentarian to capture young people on the cusp of a fateful decision, and to give us “one of the most absorbing books ever written about the Plain People” (Publishers Weekly). 

Journal Entry 2 by candieb from Austin, Texas USA on Wednesday, December 05, 2007

I was expecting something more from this book, more about rumspringa in particular. It had some great information about the Amish - maybe a bit slanted, but from my limited knowledge of their culture, it seemed pretty dead on. Worth a read, but know it has a lot more than just rumspringa information. 

Journal Entry 3 by candieb at a gift in a gift, a gift -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, December 06, 2007

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RABCKing to Az -- thanks for letting me borrow your other book! 

Journal Entry 4 by azuki from Miami, Florida USA on Wednesday, January 02, 2008

I have always harbored a fascination for the Amish culture, so this book really interests me. Thanks candieb for the kind RABCK offer, a temptation too great to pass up. 

Journal Entry 5 by azuki from Miami, Florida USA on Monday, March 23, 2009

It is an interesting and informative book. The lives of teenagers on Rumspringa are interwined with a lot of background information of Amish culture, such as history, statistics and psychological studies, making it easy for a reader with little knowledge about Amish to enjoy the book. In fact, to some readers, these introduction may seem too elementary and they may prefer more focus on the ritual itself. The concluding part is nicely written, combining observations with psychological theories, in a research paper style.

This book is now heading to Ramson for the Ch 12 exchange. It's not a book on your wishlist but browsing through it I think you may be interested. And hopefully you haven't read it yet. 

Journal Entry 6 by ramson from New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Friday, April 03, 2009

Arrived safe and sound - thanks, Azuki!