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Wayward

A Memoir of Spiritual Warfare and Sexual Purity

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When Alice Greczyn's parents felt called by God to exchange worldly employment for heavenly provision, they followed their faith into homelessness with five children and a cat in tow. Homeschooled and avowed never to kiss a man until her wedding day, Alice had plans to escape the instability by becoming a missionary nurse—plans that were put on hold with the opening of an unexpected door: the opportunity to be an actress in Hollywood. What followed was a test of faith unlike any she had prepared for, an arranged betrothal she never saw coming, and a psychological shattering that forced her to learn how to survive without the only framework for life she had ever known.

This unique coming-of-age story takes place within a Christian subculture that teaches children to be martyrs and women to be silent. Revelatory, vulnerable, and offering catharsis for your own journey through faith and doubt, Wayward is a deeply intelligent memoir of soul-searching—and finding the courage to live in your own truth.

©2021 Alice Greczyn (P)2022 Alice Greczyn Atheism Women Memoir
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This book explores what it's like to grow up being sensitive to those around you to the point that you fake, even as a child, religious experiences and the aftermath. I recommend this book to those who are struggling with faith and to those who are faithful, so that they see the trauma that some (not all) children face growing up in a heavy handed rule driven approach to religion.

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