Winterberries and Apple Blossoms: Reflections and Flavors of a Mennonite Year

Naomi is a young girl, growing up in an Old Order Mennonite community, who leads a "simple" country life quite different from those of children outside her community. Yet, through her keenly felt observations - one for each calendar month - she demonstrates she has much in common with them too. Take her hand as she delights in the seasons and tastes of her year and offers a glimpse into a private, "plain" way of living that is close to the land, her family, and religious beliefs.