Heather Grace Heath

Broschiertes Buch

Lovingly Abused

A true story of overcoming cults, gaslighting, and legal educational neglect

Herausgeber: Oppedisano, Lorna

Beschreibung

In this highly relevant memoir, blending raw honesty and humor, Heather Heath's story begins with her mother's search for escape from childhood trauma, becoming perfect prey for a cult. It follows Heather's coming of age journey while enduring gaslighting, educational neglect, suicide attempts, purity culture, realizing she was in a cult once she was physically trapped, the painful choice to be shunned for becoming a paramedic, marriage, divorce, spiritual deconstruction, trusting again, reluctantly homeschooling through a pandemic, and finally discovering her own faith. Giving each reader insight into a hidden world using pop-culture comparisons, you'll feel as if you were having a real-life conversation with her. This book's mission is to raise public awareness of hidden children all over America who are legally educationally neglected under the guise of religion. Seeing one such family on TV is a cult's convenient distraction from the thousands of women and children who are invisible. Heather has committed to distribute fifteen percent of the book's sales profits to The Coalition for Responsible Home Education, The Vashti Initiative, and The Amish Heritage Foundation; non-profits supporting a child's right to an education and providing guidance to those leaving the abusive practices hidden behind religion, with little to no resources for independence. As similar non-profits emerge and funds allow, more of her profits will be allocated to them.

Autor

Heather Heath was raised in the extreme fundamentalist homeschool organization, The Advanced Training Institute, or ATI. Despite having no accredited transcripts and being told girls didn't need to go to college, she graduated from Connecticut's paramedic program and later earned an AA in health sciences while parenting infant identical twins... which led to her tendency of skipping mugs and sticking a straw directly into the coffee pot. Out of pandemic necessity, she has now been on both the student and teacher sides of homeschooling and would not like to relive either experience. Heather has been a guest on the podcasts "Leaving The Village" and "Escape: Leaving Hell Behind." She was interviewed in The New York Post, as well as for the book Dear Sister by M. Wooding, and has been signed for a documentary film on the hidden world of cults. Heather is a popular blogger and (mostly) enjoys an ever-growing community on social media as @BacksliddenHarlot. Her husband's career previously brought the family to live in Maine, and currently, they reside in New York. Heather still works as a paramedic in Connecticut, which inspired the location for the cover photo. This is her first book (and she's really excited about it).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palmetto Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9781737843016
• ISBN-10: 1737843013
• Artikelnr.: 62891903