Author reading, conversation with professor Chad Gusler, and Q & A. Book signing to follow with Parentheses Books. Free and open to the public.

About the book:

"granola" adj: Term Gen Xers and Elder Millennials use to connote an eco-conscious, peace-lovin’, homemade, slightly unwashed vibe.

"Mennonite" noun: Oh dear, where to start? Not with bonnets and buggies, certainly, or the denominational conferences and non-conference conferences. Not with Yoders in my family tree. Once upon a time in the sixteenth century. . . .

“Beachy writes with exquisite tenderness, wit, and unflinching honesty about faith, family, and the push-pull of heritage. Through essays that are both deeply personal and universally resonant, she navigates marriage, motherhood, infertility, and caregiving—all while reckoning with what it means to inherit a legacy of sacrifice and simplicity. I clutched my heart.”
—Kate Baer, Author, How About Now

“These artful essays wink with irony and ache with life and insight. Read them and find faith in love’s labors and the sustaining cycles of the earth.”
—Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Author, As Is

“Dancing among subjects from farming to martyr tales, chickens to infertility, breastfeeding twins to reclaiming a writing life, Beachy’s memoir crackles with energy, salted with anger and compassion, leavened with humor and well-earned insight.”
—Jeff Gundy, Author, Wind Farm: Landscape with Stories and Towers