Rhoda Janzen's 2009 memoir Mennonite in a Little Black Dress explored her return to her cultural and religious roots after the end of her 15-year marriage and a serious car accident in the same week. As Mennonite Meets Mr. Right--previously published as Does This Church Make Me Look Fat?--begins, Janzen has moved on from those crises and is in the early stages of a new relationship when her mammogram reveals an especially large, invasive tumor. It's a crisis that would test an established couple; Rhoda and Mitch met just a few months earlier, so she has no expectations he'll stick with her through it.
Mitch defies Rhoda's expectations, however, not only seeing her through the cancer treatments, but accompanying her on a new journey of faith ... and into a married life. The two seem oddly matched--she's a poet and a professor; he's a blue-collar recovering addict--but they're heading in the same direction on their spiritual journey, so why not go together? And as Mitch brings Rhoda into his church home, she learns how to weave her Mennonite traditions into a different form of faith.
Readers who enjoyed Mennonite in a Little Black Dress will find Janzen's humor and sharp observations have come through chemotherapy undiminished, and may especially appreciate the compare-and-contrast between her formative Mennonite church and her newly chosen Pentecostal one. Mennonite Meets Mr. Right is an inspiring story that doesn't feel "inspirational," equally appealing to readers seeking their own spiritual way and to those seeking honesty and a few good laughs. --Florinda Pendley Vasquez, blogger at The 3 R's Blog: Reading, 'Riting, and Randomness