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Little Victories by Jason Gay
Little Victories by Jason Gay My husband came home a few weeks ago from one of those High School Musical "We're All in this Together" corporate meetings where everyone is supposed to get all excited about the future of the company and blah blah blahbity blah. If you've ever worked in Corporate America, you're rolling your eyes as you read this sentence (and possibly drinking some water to try to get memories of the taste of burned coffee with powdered creamer out of your mo
Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Escape by Carolyn Jessop There is nothing I love more than cult escape stories. I know it makes me a gross person because these are real people who are actually effected by people like David Miscavige and Warren Jeffs' brutality and brainwashing... but there is very little more fascinating to me than the innerworkings of modern cults. I enjoy occasionally reveling in my outrage... and a cult is always a great resource for me when it comes to that. Stories of a 4 year old be
Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt
Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt As I'm pretty well ensconced in my cult-reading obsession and I've always been one for a good ghost story, this book was an enjoyable read for me. The split (see what I did there?) narrative and the way the author downplayed the most magical elements of the story had me at hello. There were so many intersecting conflicts going on underneath the actions of the characters... an examination of the role of mother along with questions about what c
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