Episode 8: Part 1: Torah Bontrager: Family and why she escaped her Amish family

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Torah BontragerPart 1: Family and why she escapedRiveting interviews about how Torah escaped her Amish family, moments of deciding to take her life, knowing there was potential of never seeing her life and the community she grew in, and preparing herself that she may never return to her Amish life again.How she has reunited with her family after 20 years, and how she has reunited with her father. She has been working with Professor Joan Van Dyke https://www.vandykeandcompany.com/ and created a ballet about the Amish.All proceeds of memoirs go to Amish Heritage Foundationhttps://www.amazon.com/Amish-Girl-Manhattan-Escaping-Breaking/dp/0989420078The ramifications of Wisconsin vs. Yoder: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/amishstudies/vol10/iss1/9/Podcast: https://tim.blog/2008/07/15/escaping-the-amish-part-1/comment-page-2/

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