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Rhoda Janzen

Biography

Rhoda Janzen

Rhoda Janzen is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS and the poetry collection BABEL'S STAIR. She holds a Ph.D. from UCLA and teaches English and creative writing at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

Rhoda Janzen

Books by Rhoda Janzen

by Rhoda Janzen - Nonfiction

At the end of her bestselling memoir, MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS, Rhoda Janzen had reconnected with her family roots, though her future felt uncertain. When this overeducated professor starts dating the most unlikely of men --- a weight-liftin', church-goin', truck-drivin' rocker named Mitch --- she begins a surprising journey to faith and love.

by Rhoda Janzen - Nonfiction

What does it mean to give church a try when you haven't really tried since you were 12? At the end of her bestselling memoir, MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS, Rhoda Janzen had reconnected with her family and her roots, though her future felt uncertain. But when she starts dating a churchgoer, this skeptic begins a surprising journey to faith and love.