When Saloma Miller Furlong's father dies during her first semester at Smith College, she returns to the Amish community she had left twenty-four years earlier to attend his funeral. Her journey h ome prompts a flood of memories.

In this personal and moving memoir, Furlong traces the genesis of her desire for freedom and education and chronicles her conflicted quest for independence. Eloquently told, Why I Left the Amish is a revealing a life within - and without - this frequently misunderstood community.

~ Copies of Why I Left the Amish will be available for purchase
~ Light refreshments will be served