I picked this book up largely because I was hoping to learn why the WBC pickets military funerals, funerals of victims of violent tragedies, and other assorted events entirely unrelated to their core message of "god hates gay people." I did not learn this. Instead, I learned that the WBC will pick...
The book focuses a lot on her time in the WBC community rather than her recovery from it. The last twenty pages (if that) are devoted to Drain's life after she has been banished. I wish there was more of that than of the inner scandals of the Phelps family. While I did find it interesting (yet not s...
This was recommended by a work colleague and, even though I’m not big on non-fiction, I decided to give it a go. Firstly, I’m glad I read the book because I now have a clearer view of Scientology and what it stands to achieve as a “religion”. It’s a huge shame that this form of systematic bullying i...
Pretty boring as it turns out- I'm just so easily duped into thinking that because something's secretive it must also be interesting. Really it's ust your typical brainwashing bs, but between it being free and my being sick in bed, I guess it wasn't a total waste of a few hours.
extraordinary book. this girl was put through a lot in her childhood but still found the strength to escape and have a family of her own. the fact that she stood up and the 'enough is enough' moments are my favourites.
A must read! I really enjoyed this book! A true story of a woman growing up in the very controversial Westboro Baptist Church. An excellent loo at the day to day life of this small group who has their own interpretation of the Bible, which is not up for discussion!As the title is Banished, I am not ...
I’m always interested in how upbringing and circumstances affect belief, and in Stolen Innocence Lisa Pulitzer has helped Elissa Wall write a fascinating account of her gradual transition from mildly rebellious believer to someone who would leave behind the only world she had ever known, even though...
At fifteen Lauren Drain moved from Florida to Kansas with her family to join the Westboro Baptist Church, famous for picketing the funerals of American soldiers killed in battle with huge signs and shouted slogans denouncing homosexuality. The church and its teachings were her world for eight year...
A great memoir, some of it about coming of age in the Westboro Baptist Church, and some of it about growing up with the parents who were sucked into the church's orbit. Lauren Drain obviously grew up with insecure and immature, but extremely smart parents, and her book doesn't disguise this fact or...
With the recent interest in "Polygamy USA," it seemed like a good time to obtain this book from the library. Elissa Wall's memoir details the split of the Centennial Park group from the Jeffs group at Short Creek (something from which the Centennial Park folk seem very eager to distances themselves...
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