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Publisher: Thomas Nelson; Updated edition (May 9, 2011)
Publication Date: May 9, 2011
Language: English
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I don't know where the line between cult and sect should be drawn, but the Hutterite life described in this book sounds like a cult (albeit an old one) with mind-control, severe social pressure, arbitrary rules (black scarf with white polka dots is godly, black scarf with hot pink polka dots is evil) and constant threats of hellfire and damnation, so I was puzzled by the author's embracing of her childhood without much critical commentary. It didn't feel honest.There are some editorial issues as well. The first 50+ pages are second and third-hand accounts of her parents and grandparent's lives. I found myself skimming a lot to get to the story. The next nearly 100 pages describe Mary Ann's idyllic childhood from birth to ten years old, when her parents finally got up the courage to leave the colony. I don't suppose children understand when they are in a cult - they just see the plentiful food, the "loving" people, the order and predictability of life, but GOSH, what an awful place to raise a child! None of that comes though. There were far too many German vocabulary words for the average English reader. Who cares? A bit sprinkled here and there would lend authenticity, but do we really care about the names for poppy seed buns, hard buns, cruncy buns, and cinnamon buns? And then the whole sentences in German..sometimes with no translation. It was very, very distracting.Finally, Mary Ann's father removes his family from the colony - this is actually where the story begins, 150 pages in. And we get exactly three chapters which race over Mary Ann's life from age ten to when she wins a beauty pageant as a teen. The end.Several other friends left the colony over the years, but we don't get any reasons. What happened to Mary Ann after high school? There is a foot note that she married (late in life) and has a child, and that she visits the colony where she grew up, but is not an adult member. She never went back, neither did anyone in her family. Why not, if it was such a wonderful place?I longed to hear about her college years, her young adulthood - and how she shed the crushing culture of the Hutterite childhood. It was like we got the "happy" life in the cult story, then the break (and the somewhat random ramblings of how a Hutterite child adjusts to the outside world) but none of the guts of the story. This book leaves a big hole.I felt like the author was always walking a very fine line between telling the whole truth and hurting the feelings of people she loves. That is very nice, but it is not very compelling, and it left this reader feeling cheated of the real story.Thomas Nelson is an evangelical Christian publisher - perhaps they don't want to step on any toes either. This could have been a dynamite book but all I can say about it at the end is that it is "nice" and "unoffensive" and sad.
I was interested in this book as I have worked around and with Amish and Mennonite people for several years, but Hutterites are not common in America (at least in my area). Hutterites differ from the Amish in several ways. #1, personal property is eschewed: no one owns a car, a tv, etc...although like the Amish, this is often done under wraps. I think the Hutterite seem more joyful in their everyday life than the Amish. But the Hutterites lead a much more communal life than the Amish. All food and animal production is for the community. What is NOT different from the Amish is that one or two MEN hold ABSOLUTE POWER over the rest. Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely, and the Hutterite community is not immune from this.This book is about Mary Ann Kirkby's childhood. Unlike many of these types of story, it was not all moonbeams and lollipops. It was a hard life, and she described it in such a way that made me become attached to many of the people in the story. I want to thank Mary Ann for writing this book. It was well written and insightful, and I had a hard time putting it down. Do yourself a favor and read this book.
A Hutterite StoryIt was several years after I left the Amish that I first heard about Hutterites through a magazine article. At the time I was astonished that there could be a third branch of Anabaptists that I had never heard about during my 23 years of living in an Amish community. (The other two are Amish and Mennonites). Since then I have read more articles about Hutterites, but I was always left wanting for more information, which left an air of mystery and intrigue around them -- I imagine much the same way most people feel about the Amish. (Except maybe even more so, for unlike the Amish, the Hutterites live on cloistered colonies, which does not include anyone who is not Hutterite.) After learning about this culture, I wished I knew someone who grew up on a Hutterite colony, or at least that I'd have the opportunity to read a story by a Hutterite.I found just such a story when I recently read "I Am Hutterite" by Mary-Ann Kirkby. In this beautifully rendered story, she serves her readers a slice of life on the colony from her perspective of a young child after her mother had given birth to a younger sibling:"As soon as she arrived home from the hospital, Mother entered "die Wuchen," a six-week period of special treatment extended to women after the birth of each child. This included a nine-week exemption from colony duty. Peterana was the cook for nursing mothers, and she delivered delicacies to our house every day. Rich foods like "Nukkela Suppen" (buttery dumplings), waffles soaked in whiskey, and plump cuts of chicken were carried over from the community kitchen in bowls and stainless-steel pails. While the rest of the colony ate regular fare at the long tables in the community kitchen, Mother had the privilege of inviting family and friends to dine with her at home. Most often, her guest of choice was my father."Mary-Ann Kirkby is a gifted storyteller. I am with her in Kindergarten, which she started, as all other Hutterite children at age two and a half, when they began their religious training. She describes the soft, fresh buns after dipping them into "Schmond Wacken" (cream) with generous dollops of jam that she enjoyed for breakfast, and the stories, songs and games she participated in. I am with her when she and the other children went on outings to see the geese or visit the colony gardens. I feel as though her memories and mine meld when she describes opening the pods in the pea patch and pulling baby carrots from the ground.Kirkby's childhood was as nearly idyllic as a child's can be. I love the way she sets the background for the day her life was to change forever when she was ten years old:"Across the western sky, the rich red, orange, and gold tones of a spectacular Manitoba sunset were bringing the soft summer day to a close. We felt spoiled by its beauty in Fairholme, for over and over again, even in the harshest of winters, we were treated to its splendor. Against this magic expanse of space, I was playing dodgeball with the children from the Essenschul. We all had the giggles, and our laughter infected a group of adults who had come to watch... I, as wide as was tall, kept eluding the ball...."Above the merriment, a voice pierced the warm air..."I won't spoil the story, but I will say that life on the colony was less than idyllic for Mary-Ann's father. And here is where I actually identify with Mary-Ann's parents for the tough choice they had to make, even though I know that life for Mary-Ann and her siblings was about to change... and not necessarily for the better.I Am Hutterite is a wonderfully sensual story about Hutterite life, which did exactly what I thought such a story would... it brings Hutterites down to earth and puts a human face on them.The same way that Kirkby's childhood story is nearly idyllic, so is this book nearly perfect. But I have three criticisms.1. There is a subtitle on this book, "The fascinating true story of a young woman's journey to reclaim her heritage." There was only a very small portion of Kirkby's story that pertained to this, so I feel like this subtitle is not very accurate. And to that end, I wonder if Kirkby isn't trying to have it both ways... claim she is Hutterite, while still enjoying the personal freedom she would have to sacrifice if she were to actually rejoin life on the colony. Perhaps it comes of those good memories of her Hutterite childhood.2. I love the first 198 pages of this book, but then Kirkby "summarizes" the rest of her story and wraps up loose ends much too quickly. I would have preferred that she save this part of her story for a sequel, so that she could tell the story in the same sensual details with which she had told her story thus far.3. I read somewhere on Kirkby's website that she learned the art of telling stories from life on the colony. I felt I missed something, because I would have loved to have "been there" during a story-telling session.Perhaps Kirkby did learn how to fashion a good story from her people, but I cannot believe that all her talent comes from observing the masters -- I am willing to bet that she was born with her gift for storytelling that was then nurtured in her original community. Either way, I am glad she used her talent to bring us the story, "I Am Hutterite." It carries an important message about a little-known culture in North America.Note: The spell checker recognizes "Amish" or "Mennonite," but it doesn't recognize "Hutterite." I know there is much intrigue about foreign "exotic" cultures, but I find it interesting that we in North America don't know the Hutterites well enough to have the name of their culture show up as a valid word in our lexicon.
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