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LEWISTON – Author Saloma Miller Furlong, “Liberating Lomie: Memoir of an Amish Childhood,” will speak at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, in the Jeanne Couture Room at the Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St.
The talk is free and open to the public, and no reservations are required.
In her book, Furlong traces the genesis of her desire for freedom and education and chronicles her conflicted quest for independence. Furlong was born and raised in an Amish community in northeastern Ohio. After getting an eighth-grade education, she earned a GED, enrolled in community college courses, and became an Ada Comstock Scholar at Smith College. She studied at the University of Hamburg in Germany for a semester. At 50, she graduated with a major in German studies and a minor in philosophy. Furlong is the author of three books, and her story has been featured in two PBS American Experience films, “The Amish” and “The Amish: Shunned.” She is the mother of two sons and lives in Virginia with her husband, David.
