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Ny Times e-book bestseller!One fateful starless night, 17-yr-old Ira Wagler got up at 2 AM, quit a scribbled note under his pillow, loaded all his earthly possessions into in only a little dark duffel bag, and went from his house in the Amish settlement of Bloomfield, Iowa. Today, in this heart-warming memoir, Ira offers a vibrant picture of Amish life—from his childhood days on the household farm, his Rumspringa rite of passing at age 16, to his final decision to abandon the Church permanently at age 26. Growing Up Amish may be the true tale of 1 man’s mission to find out who he's and where he goes. Readers will laugh, cry, and be impressed by this enchanting however touching coming-of-age tale set amidst the setting of 1 of the very enigmatic ethnicities in The Usa today—the Old-Order Amish.