Within the walls of a tasteful, perfectly kept house in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, young Zane Bigelow feels like a prisoner of war. Strangers -- and even Zane's own aunt across the lake -- see his parents as a successful surgeon and his stylish wife, making appearances at their children's ballet recitals and baseball games. Zane and his sister know the truth: There is something terribly wrong. As his father's violent, controlling rages...

Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by a canny young drifter and together they crafted a life on the run. Despite some petty violence and moments of desperation, their life was laced with moments of joy and love. When Lila arrives in Gilead, she struggles to reconcile the life of her makeshift family and their days of hardship with the gentle Christian worldview of her husband which paradoxically judges those she loves.

A memoir of the author's experience growing up in an apocalyptic cult, with an emphasis on how understanding the natural world was her key to escape and survival--

A travs de la conversacion entre Oprah Winfrey y el Dr. Perry, en este libro descubrirs cmo lo que nos sucede en la primera infancia tiene una gran influencia sobre la persona adulta en que nos convertimos. Tambion comprenders que las adversidades que experimentamos impactan en nuestra salud fsica y emocional y qu dice la ciencia sobre los patrones de comportamiento que nos cuesta tanto entender. Este libro te ofrece una nueva perspectiva para interpretar...