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Rolling Down Black Stockings
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| Published by the
Kent State University Press |
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| Rolling Down Black Stockings is a personal recollection of Esther
Royer Ayers’s youth spent in a highly restrictive and confined religious
community. Her story is as much a search for identity and a longing for a
mother’s love as it is a tale about a totalitarian culture that led to her
departure from the Old Order Mennonite religion.
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| This poignant story is told in three books: book 1 describes her
youth in a farm community on the outskirts of Columbiana, Ohio; book 2 follows
the struggles of Ayers as she tries to fit in with another culture after
leaving the church when her family moves to Akron, Ohio; and book 3 discusses
the history and cultural dynamics of the religion.
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| You can purchase this book online at
Kent State University Press,
Amazon.com or
BarnesAndNoble.com |
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| This book is also available at Barnes and
Noble, Borders, and other major bookstores |
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| Discussion questions are located on
ReadingGroupGuides.com |
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| Photo on front cover is: Sarah Royer
on left, Esther Royer Ayers on right, taken in 1940. |
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