A review by sherylk
Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme Religions by Elise Glassman, Melanie Hoffert, Nikki Smith, Pamela Helberg, Erin Seaward-Hiatt, Julia Scheeres, Caitlin Constantine, Carolyn S. Briggs, Cami Ostman, Lucia Greenhouse, Elizabeth Taylor-Mead, Colleen Haggerty, Susan Tive, Naomi J. Williams, Leila Khan, Joshunda Sanders, Mary Johnson, Kyria Abrahams, Valerie Tarico, Donna Johnson, Leah Lax, Grace Peterson, Elise Brianne Curtin, Huda Al-Marashi, Stephanie Durden Edwards, Yolande Brener

3.0

This ended up on my reading list because I had read an excerpt in some other publication. It was ok. Each chapter was short, just a few pages, and told the story of a woman in an "extreme" religion, from Orthodox Jewry to Mormonism. While I liked many of the stories, the editing was uneven, so some were much more multi-dimensional than others. I applaud each of the women for sharing her story, but wish the writing was more consistent and that a clearer theme arose across all the memoirs.