Julia Scheeres: Jesus Land (2019, Counterpoint Press)
400 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 2019 by Counterpoint Press.
"Sibling bond is at the core of Jesus Land, Scheeres’s gritty, heart-wrenching memoir...A lesser writer would have buckled under the weight of this story...A page turner...Heart-stopping and enraging...There is much praise, these days, for the detached, quietly elegant narrative. But there is little mention of the power a well-tended rage can bring to a good story...Focused, justified and without a trace of self-pity. Shot through with poignancy." —New York Times Book Review
I read this because MLF learned it was written by a cousin of our childhood friend. It's no great work of literature or anything, but it's a crazy and page-turning story about two kids surviving a bizarre and harrowing childhood. I read it in about 3 days, which is rare for me. If you liked The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls you'll probably really like this too.
A haunting story about the evils some parents inflict on their children in the name of religion
