![]() ![]() “I think we’re going to fill the room downstairs,” he said. The fictional book “The Missing,” by Beverly Lewis has been a best seller. ![]() John Wiehn, head reference and programming librarian at the library, said books about the Amish have been very popular at the library. Her memoir, “Why I Left the Amish,” answers all those questions and gives outsiders a unique look into one girl’s experience growing up in a culture that just didn’t suit her.įurlong will tell her story at the Howard Whittemore Memorial Library Aug. “When I had told my story that many times, I realized that this touches many people,” Furlong said. Depending on the situation, the story could take several hours to explain. The question often led to others about her native culture and why she left. Since she left the Amish, many people have asked Saloma Furlong about her unusual name. Pictured at age 20, Saloma Furlong holds Scotty Bartholomew shortly before she left the Amish. ![]()
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