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My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
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by Veena Dinavahi
Published May 2025
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by Monica Potts
Published Apr 2024
Read ReviewsTalented and ambitious, Monica Potts and her best friend, Darci, were both determined to make something of themselves. How did their lives turn out so different?
by Tara Westover
Published Feb 2022
Read ReviewsWinner of the 2018 BookBrowse Nonfiction Award
An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University.
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Published Dec 2020
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