From Plain to Plane

My Mennonite Childhood, a National Scandal and an Unconventional Soar to Freedom

by Patty Bear, softcover, 359 pp

Patty Bear grew up among the "Plain People" amidst bountiful farmlands, black bonnets, and black cars.  It was a world unto itself, both bucolic and beastly, with traditions and beliefs from the old world deeply rooted in the fertile soil of Central Pennsylvania.