The Truth Book.The Truth Book Joy Castro Arcade Publishing Arcade Publishing is an independent trade publishing company that started in 1988 in New York, USA. They are publishers of American and world literature and non-fiction. Their distinguished list of authors include Samuel Beckett, Bertolt Brecht, Ismail Kadare, Leslie Marmon Silko, 1559707879 $25.00 www.arcadepub.com Any who have had experience with Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian group originating in the United States at the end of the 19th cent., organized by Charles Taze Russell, whose doctrine centers on the Second Coming of Christ. will find THE TRUTH BOOK: ESCAPING A CHILDHOOD OF ABUSE AMONG JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES to be eye-opening. Author Joy Castro was adopted as a baby and raised as a devout de·vout adj. de·vout·er, de·vout·est 1. Devoted to religion or to the fulfillment of religious obligations. See Synonyms at religious. 2. Displaying reverence or piety. 3. Jehovah's Witness Jehovah's Witness Member of an international religious movement founded in Pittsburgh, Pa., by Charles T. Russell in 1872. The movement was originally known as the International Bible Students Association, but its name was changed by Russell's successor, Joseph Franklin : she was told to always tell the truth and studied a religious text which reinforced the faith. When her parents divorced after her father was excommunicated from the congregation for smoking, her mother married a church brother who proved to be a savage abuser at home. Forbidden to see their father, the kids are abused and battered with knowledge of their mother and church alike, until Joy reaches out to her father and plans an escape. A gripping memoir of religion, abuse, and recovery. |
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