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Book Review of Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church

Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church
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There is something voyeuristic about reading this book. Lauren Drain very thoughtfully describes how she became a member and how thoroughly the church controlled her and her family. I found bits and pieces contradictory, and I wish there had been more time spent on her process of recovery- that is really a very small part of the book.