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Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church
May 07, 2013claireswazey rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book was really depressing. I usually don't feel that way after reading memoirs of personal adversity. The depictions of events surrounding her family and the arbitrary and capricious way that Lauren has ALWAYS been treated by them, then, later by the Phelps'- really hard to read. As a cult survivor myself (not this cult) I noticed that she seemed to cut them a bit more slack than most people would. She obviously still has some mixed feelings. I actually got the impression that she might even flip flop and go back to it, even though she said she wouldn't. I hope she doesn't, but something about the way she writes...