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Chapter 9 - A Car Crash and My First Funeral
“This book had me reading it to the end in almost one sitting! A very well written memoir, capturing the author’s life growing up in her Amish community, how she escaped and the obstacles she faced.” – Lindsay Gibson, author of Just Be: How My Stillborn Son Taught Me to Surrender
Less a book and more a confession from a close friend.
Riveting, inspiring, empowering.”
– Brian Young
Navajo Writer + Filmmaker

And each page that I turned was more sensational than the one before.”
– MW
Reader Review

– Melanie Jones
Trauma Survivor
Amish Children
Traditional MidwesternIf you read it, you’ll find a part of yourself in my story.
It’s for you if you’ve ever felt foreign in the body or culture you were born in.
Or if you’ve dedicated your life to answering the questions:
Who am I?
Why am I here?
Why don’t my parents love me?
Why does bad shit happen to me?
Will I ever be happy and loved?
– Torah Bontrager
An Amish Girl in Manhattan: Escaping at Age 15, Breaking All the Rules, and Feeling Safe Again (a memoir)