Wayward: A Memoir of Spiritual Warfare and Sexual Purity
By: Alice Greczyn
4.41
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
When Alice Greczyn’s parents felt called by God to exchange worldly employment for heavenly provisi…
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1. Stolen Innocence
By: Lisa Pulitzer , Elissa Wall
3.94
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
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"With no other choice, I'd submitted to the will of our prophet and had married my nineteen-year-old first cousin."-Lisa Pulitzer, Stolen Innocence
"In the end, He's the only reason that I made it. Sometimes that's the only thing we have. Whether you call it God, or hope, or faith -whatever word you use- the fact is, I couldn't have survived if I…"-Lisa Pulitzer, Stolen Innocence
2. Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church
By: Lisa Pulitzer , Lauren Drain
4.18
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
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3. When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love, and Starting Over
By: Addie Zierman
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
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4. Escape
By: Carolyn Jessop , Laura Palmer
5.00
Format: None pages,
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5. Wayward: A Memoir of Spiritual Warfare and Sexual Purity
By: Alice Greczyn
4.41
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
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6. The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
By: Shannon Harris
3.77
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
"No one is coming to rescue me. I am going to have to rescue me." As a twenty-three-year-old sin… read more
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"But the truth was that church was making me ill. Even the loveliest church in the world couldn't make up for the fact that I had had too much church. My body was rejecting Bible verses with the stren…"-Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
"...the hypocrisy of it all was too much to take. To have heard the words 'forgiveness' and 'grace' in hundreds of sermons, thousands of prayers, in every quote, every song, at every meeting and then …"-Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
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7. Uncultured: A Memoir
By: Daniella Mestyanek Young
4.08
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Educated and The Glass Castle, Daniella Mestyanek Young's Uncultured is more than a … read more
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"Daniella,"-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
"The body keeps the score."-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
"I can run and run, but I’m always still here."-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
"...the only real friend I had, and would ever have, was myself."-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
8. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
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9. Scarred
By: Sarah Edmondson
3.94
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
"'Master, would you brand me? It would be an honor.' From the second I climb onto the table, acutel… read more
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10. When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
By: Laura E. Anderson
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Anderson strikes a smart, balanced tone. . . . An exemplary guide to an understudied issue."--Publ… read more
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"Rebuilding a worldview and identity likely needs to include space for uncertainty."-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"I have lived far too much of my life with the end goal of eternal life in heaven, and so I missed a lot of life on earth."-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"A marker of healing from religious trauma is not simply the process of deconstructing one’s worldview and identity and rebuilding a new one; it is also the willingness to remain open to shifting and …"-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"Religious trauma resides in our bodies and nervous systems in the same way that trauma from war, developmental trauma, or sexualized trauma live inside us. Though the triggers and environment of the …"-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
11. Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life
By: Amber Scorah
3.81
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A riveting memoir of losing faith and finding freedom while a covert missionary in one of the world… read more
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"There is no human so bold as the preacher. Or so blind. For they do all of the talking, and none of the asking."-Amber Scorah, Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life
"I have called a truce with the unknown, and I am learning to live with the disquiet. I do not attempt to pray to a god who will not answer."-Amber Scorah, Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life
12. A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology
By: Mike Rinder
4.31
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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13. Unspeakable: Surviving My Childhood and Finding My Voice
By: Jessica Willis Fisher
4.52
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
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14. Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope
By: Megan Phelps-Roper
4.16
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
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"It is disconcerting - shamefully, unimaginably so - to look back and accept that my fellow church members and I were collectively engaging in the most egregious display of logical blindness that I ha…"-Megan Phelps-Roper, Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope
15. The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right-Wing (And How I Got Out)
By: Tina Nguyen
3.31
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An explosive, first-person account of the alt-right from acclaimed political journalist Tina Nguyen… read more
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16. Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
By: Linda Kay Klein
4.17
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangeli… read more
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"The purity message nestles neatly into the larger “us"-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
"Surviving gives you a very unique set of skills. It costs a lot. But it also makes you powerful."-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
"This illustration is picture-perfect purity culture. In short, women's sexuality must be just right, so that men can spiritually thrive."-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
"[T]he church had embedded the notion that sex was shameful so deeply into her brain that she couldn't shake it now that she was married and it was suddenly supposed to be okay."-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
17. You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity
By: Jamie Lee Finch
4.06
Format: 82 pages, ebook
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18. Disobedient Women: How a Small Group of Faithful Women Exposed Abuse, Brought Down Powerful Pastors, and Ignited an Evangelical Reckoning
By: Sarah Stankorb
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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19. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
By: Tia Levings
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more
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20. Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy
By: Cait West
4.14
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
A gripping memoir about coming of age in the stay-at-home daughter movement and the quest to piece … read more
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21. On Her Knees: Memoir of a Prayerful Jezebel
By: Brenda Marie Davies
4.04
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
“The problem was, because Purity is an idol (a validated and worshiped idol), I didn’t know who or … read more
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