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Lay your body down : a novel of suspense / by Clarke, Amy Suiter,author.;
"In Amy Suiter Clarke's brilliant sophomore thriller, a young woman returns to her rural Minnesota hometown for the funeral of her ex boyfriend-her first love-who died suspiciously, only to confront the ways a radical pastor's warped evangelical beliefs have poisoned the whole town"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Bloggers; Christian sects; Clergy; Evangelicalism; Ex-church members; Fundamentalism; Fundamentalist churches; Murder; Patriarchy;
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Breaking free : how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult, and my father, Warren Jeffs / by Jeffs, Rachel,author.;
The daughter of the self-proclaimed prophet of the FLDS Church describes the abusive patriarchal culture in which she was raised by sister wives and dominating men and discusses how her father remains a powerful influence on his followers.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Jeffs, Rachel.; Jeffs, Warren, 1955-; Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.; Forced marriage; Abused wives; Mormons; Polygamy;
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The colony : faith and blood in a promised land / by Denton, Sally,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A shocking massacre in 2019 sparks a probing investigation into the strange, violent history of a polygamist Mormon outpost in Mexico. A harmless, unassuming caravan of women and children was ambushed by masked gunmen in northern Mexico on November 4, 2019. In a massacre that produced international headlines, nine people were killed and five others gravely injured. The victims were members of the La Mora and LeBaron communities-fundamentalist Mormons whose forebears broke from the LDS Church and settled in Mexico when polygamy was outlawed. In The Colony, the best-selling investigative journalist Sally Denton picks up where initial reporting on the killings left off, and in the process tells the violent history of the LeBaron clan and their homestead, from the first polygamist emigration to Mexico in the 1880s to the LeBarons' internal blood feud in the 1970s to the family's recent alliance with the NXIVM sex cult. Drawing on sources within Colonia LeBaron itself, Denton creates a mesmerizing work of investigative journalism in the tradition of Under the Banner of Heaven and Going Clear"--
Subjects: Case studies.; True crime stories.; Mass murder; Mormon fundamentalism; Mormons; Polygamy; Polygamy;
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The Starling girl [videorecording] / by Abrams, Austin,1996-actor.; Durrett, Kara,film producer.; Huron, Lord,composer.; Lannin, Brian,director of photography.; Levy, Sam,editor of moving image work.; Parmet, Laurel,screenwriter,film director.; Pullman, Lewis,1993-actor.; Rowe, Kevin,film producer.; Scanlen, Eliza,1999-actor.; Schmidt, Wrenn,actor.; Simpson, Jimmi,actor.; 2AM (United States),production company.; Bleecker Street (Firm),presenter.; Decal (Firm),publisher.;
Music by Lord Huron; director of photography, Brian Lannin; editor, Sam Levy.Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson, Wrenn Schmidt, Austin Abrams.Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R (for some sexuality).Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Coming-of-age films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Religious films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Church youth workers; Clergy; Fundamentalists; Man-woman relationships; Teenage girls;
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Corinne : a novel / by Morrow, Rebecca,author.;
"You want to walk away from the things that were bad for you and never look back. That's what Corinne Callahan wants. Cast out of the fundamentalist church she was raised in and cut off from her family, Corinne builds a new life for herself. A good one. But she never stops missing the life--and the love--she's left behind. It's Enoch Miller who ruins everything for her. It was always Enoch Miller. She'll never get him out from under her skin. Set over fifteen years and told with astonishing intimacy, Rebecca Morrow's Corinne is the story of a woman who risks everything she's built for the one man she can never have"--
Subjects: Erotic fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Self-realization in women; Women;
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I once was lost : my search for God in America / by Lemon, Don,1966-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Renowned journalist Don Lemon always had a complicated relationship with God. He cherished the Southern Black church he was raised in, but struggled with the fundamentalist rejection of his right to exist as a gay man -- one who wanted to marry his longtime love in a church wedding with all the traditional trimmings. In his work as a reporter, moreover, he saw his fellow Americans losing faith in a higher power, in institutions, and in each other. SSetting out to understand the place that religion has in our lives today, Don turned a journalistic eye on ancient stories and found connections that sparked memories, conversations, and chance encounters. Then, suddenly, his world unraveled: In a blaze of inglorious headlines, Don was ousted from his high-profile network news job and tasked with redefining his role in the shifting media landscape. But through a year of personal changes and professional whiplash, he kept his "eyes on the prize" and ultimately found what he was seeking: grace, within himself and in this nation we call home. Rich with humor and Louisiana realness, I Once Was Lost is a prayer for a country that reflects the multifaceted image of God and a clarion call to those who believe in our common humanity enough to fight for it.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Lemon, Don, 1966-; African American journalists; Gay men; Religion and culture; Spiritual biography;
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Invisible boy : a memoir of self-discovery / by Mooney, Harrison,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A narrative that amplifies a voice rarely heard--that of the child at the centre of a transracial adoption--and a searing account of being raised by religious fundamentalists. Harrison Mooney was born to a West African mother and adopted as an infant by a white evangelical family. Growing up as a Black child, Harry's racial identity is mocked and derided, while at the same time he is made to participate in the fervour of his family's revivalist church. Confused and crushed by fundamentalist dogma and consistently abused for his colour, Harry must transition from child to young adult while navigating and surviving zealotry, paranoia and prejudice. After years of internalized anti-Blackness, Harry begins to redefine his terms and reconsider his history. His journey from white cult to Black consciousness culminates in a moving reunion with his biological mother, who waited twenty-five years for the chance to tell her son the truth: she wanted to keep him. This powerful memoir considers the controversial practice of transracial adoption from the perspective of families that are torn apart and children who are stripped of their culture, all in order to fill evangelical communities' demand for babies. Throughout this most timely tale of race, religion and displacement, Harrison Mooney's wry, evocative prose renders his deeply personal tale of identity accessible and light, giving us a Black coming-of-age narrative set in a world with little love for Black children."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Mooney, Harrison; Adoptees; Adoption; Black people; Black people;
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