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Spirituality and Religion July 2023
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| I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah's Witness by Daniel Allen CoxWhat it's about: author Daniel Allen Cox's experiences growing up as a Jehovah's Witness and how the group's strong distinctions between who is "in" and who is "out" continue to effect his life even after leaving.
Read it for: the engaging, incisive writing and the self-aware sense of humor.
Reviewers say: "This thoughtful rendering will captivate those with ties to the religious group and literary memoir fans alike" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the... by Meryl FrankWhat it is: a timely and sobering account of Jewish life before the Holocaust, a family's reckoning in its wake, and the responsibility to remember decades later.
Is it for you? Unearthed has something to offer Jewish and non-Jewish readers alike, especially those who appreciate family mysteries and reflections on generational trauma.
Try these next: Chasing Portraits by Elizabeth Rynecki; A Mortuary of Books by Elisabeth Gallas. |
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| Disruptive Thinking: A Daring Strategy to Change How We Live, Lead, and Love by T.D. JakesWhat's inside: a persuasive and affirming call to embrace the power of going against the grain when pursuing personal, professional, and spiritual breakthroughs.
Read it for: the discussion of periods of social upheaval and the fertile ground for creativity those moments can bring about (e.g. the legendary music of the 1960s and 70s).
Reviewers say: "Jakes is as charismatic as ever and bolsters his arguments with convincing personal anecdotes" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune by Alexander StilleWhat it's about: the transformation of a secular group, the Sullivan Institute for Research in Psychoanalysis, into an insular cult.
When and where: Manhattan and Long Island, NY from 1950s to the early 1990s.
Reviewers say: "Doggedly researched and thoroughly compassionate, this is a page-turning exposé" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| When the World Didn't End by Guinevere TurnerWhat it's about: the traumatic childhood of American Psycho screenwriter Guinevere Turner, who was raised in the cult known as the Lyman Family or the Fort Hill Community.
For fans of: Orthodox by Deborah Feldman; Educated by Tara Westover.
Reviewers say: "A moving portrait of a bizarre childhood written with emotional nuance and bittersweet deliverance" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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