Jessica Wilbanks
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Growing up in poverty in the rural backwoods of southern Maryland, the Pentecostal church was at the core of Jessica Wilbanks' family life. At sixteen, driven by a desire to discover the world, Jessica walked away from the church--trading her faith for freedom, and driving a wedge between her and her deeply religious family. But fundamentalist faiths haunt their adherents long after belief fades--former believers frequently live in limbo, straddling...