Growing Up Plain Witty and Confessional Memories from the Adolescence of a "Plain" Mennonite Girl

What is it like to be a young woman who dresses "plain?" How does it feel to be so identifiably different? Kurtz carried the typical adolescent concern about whether glances from particular boys were gestures of love. But she was also burdened by how to make her "capes" look interesting and by trying not to be jealous of her friend, Gloria, who could wear skirts and blouses. What mark did this Mennonite upbringing leave on her? "I think being plain when we were young must not have been completely devastating. Maybe if you don't have any troubles at all, you don't ever quite grow up."Kurtz, Shirley is the author of 'Growing Up Plain Witty and Confessional Memories from the Adolescence of a "Plain" Mennonite Girl', published 1994 under ISBN 9781561481033 and ISBN 1561481033.