{"product_id":"what-mennonite-girls-are-good-jennifer-sears-9781685970499","title":"What Mennonite Girls Are Good for","description":"In these eleven stories, a Mennonite minister's daughter moves from a youthful, exuberant understanding of her family's faith toward religious doubt. Stumbling comically at times, Ruthie navigates life with and without the rules in which she's been raised. Always physical, often sexual, Ruthie's search for personal truth leads her from missionary outposts in Paraguay and Brazil to Mennonite towns in northern Indiana and central Kansas, a vandalized Native American site, women's healthcare clinics, and lingerie shops on the secular, melancholy East Coast. Ultimately, these stories consider how faith and identity intertwine, the cost of abandoning one's cultural heritage, and the complicated longing for return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Sears\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685970494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685970499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Jennifer Sears","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867303923967,"sku":"9781685970499","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd99ea4b-ab0b-4e84-8728-f6954a148f95.jpg?v=1747454422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-mennonite-girls-are-good-jennifer-sears-9781685970499","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}