Mary ann kirkby biography definition

Mary-Ann Kirkby is an award-winning journalist and the bestselling author of I Am Hutterite: The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman’s Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage. Her memoir chronicled her childhood experiences growing up on a Hutterite colony in western Canada and the difficult aftermath of leaving her community to forge a new life in the modern world.

I Am Hutterite won acclaim and awards on both sides of the border and is a valued curriculum option in Canadian schools and universities as a means to build bridges and teach tolerance and understanding of other cultures.

Her new book, Secrets of a Hutterite Kitchen: Unveiling the rituals, traditions and food of the Hutterite Culture is already a #1 national bestseller delving into present day Hutterite life with one juicy tidbit after another!

In 1969, Mary-Ann Kirkby’s parents did the unthinkable.

They left a Hutterite colony near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba with seven children and little else, to