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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Miriam Arnold is one fiesty woman.,
By TERRY MILLER (N. Battleford, SK., Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cast out in the world: From the Bruderhof communities to a life on her own (Women from Utopia series) (Paperback)
Miriam Arnold, who grew up on the "inside", tells her story without fear. She is one fiesty woman. Miriam Arnold shares with us her life amongst the "Arnoldleut" ("Arnold People") or Bruderhof, as they prefer to be called. The whole Bruderhof story is not a pretty picture, even when they tell it in their books. Sooner or later they will likely reunite again with the mainstream Hutterite Movement. At that time it will be necessary to uncover everything. Miriam presents issues that will likely be "looked at" very closely by the Hutterite leadership of the day. Whether her story is totally accurate or not, I can't really say, but I do know her viewpoint (and that of hundreds like her) will get a good "hearing" at that time. The Great Change will come. The Truth will win out. Miriam Arnold is no "outsider". She lived the "life". The Bruderhof/Arnoldleut group (or leadership?) will have to give a fuller account at the NEXT reuniting with the Hutterites. I can guarantee that. This in no way reflects upon the many sincere people who are among them, but there are two sides to every story, it seems. Hmmmm!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
written from the heart with guts,
By A Customer
This review is from: Cast out in the world: From the Bruderhof communities to a life on her own (Women from Utopia series) (Paperback)
Miriam Arnold Holmes tells in great honesty about her childhood as a member of the Bruderhof. She relates her adjustment to the world outside, the difficulties she had in facing her problems. I can identify with much of what she writes as I too grew up in the bruderhof. I appreciate all she expressed in her book. It took guts to tell all she did. Very touching how she tells of her family relationships and the struggle to remain faithful to the vows she took. The bruderhof did not receive this book well as there were too many skeletons brought out of the closet by Ms Holmes. If only the bruderhof made this and other books, by former members, available to their membership, they could learn so much that would be of help to them in their daily life. This book is a valuable tool in learning the affects of a closed society on one individual.
1 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
How Unforgiveness can really ruin a Persons Life,
By A Customer
This review is from: Cast out in the world: From the Bruderhof communities to a life on her own (Women from Utopia series) (Paperback)
I am saddened by this book. The author is consumed with hatred and Unforgiveness. She could have done so much better. Socrates once wrote: "Whoever practices forgiveness will see how high he can climb towards the peaks of life. We only learn to forgive,remembering but leaving behind suffering, hate and rancour. We can forget that archeological memory that permanently lives in the past and we can live each day intensely, opening hence the doors to a joyful tomorrow full of plenitude." Miriam is destroying her life by living in the past. I feel sorry for her. Reading this book is a waste of time. I would not recommend it.
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