The moment I read, “Hi, this is Chris!” I had the Adventures in Odyssey theme in my head for the rest of the book. I even looked up what characters the author played. I’ve been reading/watching a lot about Christian cults and was waiting for James Dobson to come up. I was HEAVY in the Focus on the Family world as a kid, so clearly I had to read this.

This was really well written and painful in moments because I have a lot of family who believe the same as her family. I’ve received similar emails that weren’t as harsh but still were violently hurtful, so that also hit close to home. I rated one less star because themes/phrases were repeated multiple times and I wish things were hashed out a bit more. I’m grateful for the vulnerability of the author and a look into growing up surrounded by similar beliefs.

I got this from net galley in exchange for a review.