He describes his relentless pursuit of knowledge, freedom and hope. He was also the first person in his family to get divorced. Wagler was the first person in his family to get his college degree and to get an advanced degree. His father softened as he aged and each time Wagler visited, he and his father would talk late into the night. In this book, Wagler's ninety-seven year old father is dying. Yet it is a universally powerful thing for a child to yearn for his father's acceptance and blessing. Wagler mentions that the Amish have hard, ruthless laws about shunning those who leave the Amish. He was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. Wagler grew up Amish and left the Amish at age 26. Wagler's first book, Growing Up Amish, was published in 2011 and Broken Roads was published in 2020. Ira Wagler's memoir, Broken Roads: Returning to My Amish Father, is an incredible memoir that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
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