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Unfollow - A Journey from Hatred to Hope, leaving the Westboro Baptist Church (Hardcover)
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Unfollow - A Journey from Hatred to Hope, leaving the Westboro Baptist Church (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R439
Discovery Miles 4 390
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'For anyone who enjoyed Hillbilly Elegy or Educated, Unfollow is an
essential text' - Louis Theroux 'Such a moving, redemptive,
clear-eyed account of religious indoctrination' - Pandora Sykes 'A
nuanced portrait of the lure and pain of zealotry' New York Times
'Unfolds like a suspense novel . . . A brave, unsettling, and
fascinating memoir about the damage done by religious
fundamentalism' NPR A Radio Four Book of the Week Pick for June
2021 As featured on the BBC documentaries, 'The Most Hated Family
in America' and 'Surviving America's Most Hated Family' It was an
upbringing in many ways normal. A loving home, shared with
squabbling siblings, overseen by devoted parents. Yet in other ways
it was the precise opposite: a revolving door of TV camera crews
and documentary makers, a world of extreme discipline, of siblings
vanishing in the night. Megan Phelps-Roper was raised in the
Westboro Baptist Church - the fire-and-brimstone religious sect at
once aggressively homophobic and anti-Semitic, rejoiceful for AIDS
and natural disasters, and notorious for its picketing the funerals
of American soldiers. From her first public protest, aged five, to
her instrumental role in spreading the church's invective via
social media, her formative years brought their difficulties. But
being reviled was not one of them. She was preaching God's truth.
She was, in her words, 'all in'. In November 2012, at the age of
twenty-six, she left the church, her family, and her life behind.
Unfollow is a story about the rarest thing of all: a person
changing their mind. It is a fascinating insight into a closed
world of extreme belief, a biography of a complex family, and a
hope-inspiring memoir of a young woman finding the courage to find
compassion for others, as well as herself. --- More praise for
Unfollow 'A beautiful, gripping book about a singular soul, and an
unexpected redemption' - Nick Hornby 'A modern-day parable for how
we should speak and listen to each other' - Dolly Alderton 'Her
journey - from Westboro to becoming one of the most empathetic,
thoughtful, humanistic writers around - is exceptional and
inspiring' - Jon Ronson 'A gripping story, beautifully told . . .
It takes real talent to produce a book like this. Its message could
not be more urgent' Sunday Times
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