Timothy Heppner is a frustrated ghostwriter struggling to make ends meet in Edenfeld, a small Mennonite community bulldozing its way towards modernityif it's old, it has to go!
A member of the Preservation Society but desperate to keep his job with the mayor's Parks and "Wreck" department, Timothy finds himself in an awkward position when he is hired to write an updated version of the town's history book. Fuelled by two warring agendas, the threat of personal bankruptcy, and a good deal of fried bologna, Timothy must find his own voice to tell the one story that could makeor breakhim.
Honest and laugh-out-loud funny, Once Removed explores the real costs of "progress" in this new Mennonite classic.
Andrew has a strong social media following for his Mennonite satirical website The Daily Bonnet. The Daily Bonnet has been received more than nine million visits since 2016 and has a following of more than 24,000 people on Facebook. He'll use his existing platform to promote the book. His wife also works for Golden West Broadcasting which owns dozens of radio stations and community websites in Western Canada. He frequently appears on their radio stations to talk about the Daily Bonnet.
He also runs the non-satirical website, Mennotoba, with his wife and plans to use to promote the book.
Other possible media connections/bloggers: MaryLou Driedger, The Drunken Mennonite, Dietsche Mejal (Youtube), The Carillon, Canadian Mennonite, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Marginal Mennonite Society, Winnipeg Free Press.
Top 12 cities of Daily Bonnet fans (in order): Winnipeg, Steinbach, Saskatoon, Winkler, Abbotsford, Calgary, Morden, Edmonton, Altona, Brandon, Chilliwack, Kitchener, Toronto, Vancouver. In the US, the top cities are Goshen, IN, Lancaster, PA, Wichita, KS, Harrisonburg, VA, Newton, KS