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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
This story sucked me in from the beginning. What a terrible childhood she endured. I do feel like she skipped certain things that could have helped the story make more sense, such as when she went into part 2 and then 3.
So this was a Kindle first reads pick for me that I finally got around to reading.
Kathleen (the author) comes from an ultra-religious home. Her father is physically and emotionally abusive. She was raped in her teens by family-arranged boyfriend, and her mother ignores her pleas for help. She spirals down into drugs and alcohol, and an eating disorder, to cope with all this trauma.
And then she finds herself at a remote religious retreat, the Madonna House, where she ultimately finding acceptance and healing.
I liked this memoir. I do wish that I knew a little more about the religious cult her family was a part of — the Disciples Light. I had a lot of questions in regards to the cult’s core beliefs, structure, and finances worked. Mostly out of curiosity
Kathleen (the author) comes from an ultra-religious home. Her father is physically and emotionally abusive. She was raped in her teens by family-arranged boyfriend, and her mother ignores her pleas for help. She spirals down into drugs and alcohol, and an eating disorder, to cope with all this trauma.
And then she finds herself at a remote religious retreat, the Madonna House, where she ultimately finding acceptance and healing.
I liked this memoir. I do wish that I knew a little more about the religious cult her family was a part of — the Disciples Light. I had a lot of questions in regards to the cult’s core beliefs, structure, and finances worked. Mostly out of curiosity
I could not finish. The abuse suffered by the author was beyond words. So, I can’t rate this book. These are important stories to be told, but hard to read in such graphic detail. Which I do not mean as a criticism, more of just a “warning” for others.
Reading about the author's childhood was an excruciating experience. Her descriptions of horrific, brutal abuse ripped at my gut and filled me with rage. I wanted to scream. I cried. I wept. I feared for her life and I ached for her to find peace. The more I read, though our experiences differ in many ways, the more I saw myself in her and I realized both how far I have come in my own healing journey and how far I have yet to go.
It was a very interesting and at the same time, awful read? i mean, how her childhood was and what she had to endure through it, it was painful and i kind of had a knot in my stomach basically the whole read. Sometimes things was left unsaid and i wish bits and pieces were clearer, hence my 3 stars. But i'm glad she's doing better now.