I just reviewed Uncultured by ‎978-1250280114

St. Martin's Press Behind the tall, foreboding gates of a commune in Brazil, Daniella Mestyanek Young was raised in the religious cult The Children of God, also known as The Family, as the daughter o

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January 21, 2023
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This is such a powerful book! I’d learned a little about the Family of God from documentaries but the details here are absolutely chilling. And to say that I found her time in the military more unsettling is not hyperbole. Sexual abuse, trauma, and physical abuse all took their toll on the author but she created a real family and survived.


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