50 Books like Escape

The Sound of Gravel

by Ruth Wariner • 2016

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

4.31

68k+

🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival

The Sound of Gravel 98%

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

by Ruth Wariner 2016

4.31

68k+ ratings

🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival

Prophet's Prey

by Sam Brower • 2011

Seven years hunting a prophet who married 13-year-olds and exiled boys to keep the numbers right.

3.98

7k+

⛪ Polygamist Cults 🕵️ Cult Investigation 👰‍♀️ Child Brides

Prophet's Prey 96%

Seven years hunting a prophet who married 13-year-olds and exiled boys to keep the numbers right.

by Sam Brower 2011

3.98

7k+ ratings

⛪ Polygamist Cults 🕵️ Cult Investigation 👰‍♀️ Child Brides

A Well-Trained Wife

by Tia Levings • 2024

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

4.28

38k+

💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse

A Well-Trained Wife 96%

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

by Tia Levings 2024

4.28

38k+ ratings

💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse

The House of My Mother

by Shari Franke • 2025

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

4.27

216k+

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir

The House of My Mother 96%

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

by Shari Franke 2025

4.27

216k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir

The Imam's Daughter

by Hannah Shah • 2009

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

4.15

2k+

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse

The Imam's Daughter 95%

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

by Hannah Shah 2009

4.15

2k+ ratings

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse

Girl at the End of the World

by Elizabeth Esther • 2014

Her grandfather's cult taught her the world was ending. Motherhood taught her otherwise.

4.02

2k+

🧱 Cult Memoirs 🕊️ Religious Trauma ⛪ Spiritual Abuse

Girl at the End of the World 94%

Her grandfather's cult taught her the world was ending. Motherhood taught her otherwise.

by Elizabeth Esther 2014

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧱 Cult Memoirs 🕊️ Religious Trauma ⛪ Spiritual Abuse

Unfollow

by Megan Phelps-Roper • 2019

Westboro Baptist's third-generation poster girl logs onto Twitter and discovers the enemy is human.

4.15

19k+

🔥 Religious Extremism 🔓 Cult Survivor Stories 🌱 Deradicalization

Unfollow 94%

Westboro Baptist's third-generation poster girl logs onto Twitter and discovers the enemy is human.

by Megan Phelps-Roper 2019

4.15

19k+ ratings

🔥 Religious Extremism 🔓 Cult Survivor Stories 🌱 Deradicalization

Sorcerer's Apprentice

by Amy Wallace • 2003

Drawn into Carlos Castaneda's magical inner circle, she found a cult masquerading as enlightenment.

3.95

556

📖 Cult Memoirs 🙏 Spiritual Abuse 🔮 New Age Movement

Sorcerer's Apprentice 94%

Drawn into Carlos Castaneda's magical inner circle, she found a cult masquerading as enlightenment.

by Amy Wallace 2003

3.95

556 ratings

📖 Cult Memoirs 🙏 Spiritual Abuse 🔮 New Age Movement

بی‌حجاب

by Yasmine Mohammed • 2019

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

4.36

3k+

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism

بی‌حجاب 93%

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

by Yasmine Mohammed 2019

4.36

3k+ ratings

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism

Unveiling Grace

by Lynn K. Wilder • 2013

Her son's Mormon mission ended early. Then he said the words that would unravel their faith.

4.29

4k+

🏛️ Mormonism 🚪 Ex-Mormon Testimony 🧱 Religious Deconstruction

Unveiling Grace 93%

Her son's Mormon mission ended early. Then he said the words that would unravel their faith.

by Lynn K. Wilder 2013

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Mormonism 🚪 Ex-Mormon Testimony 🧱 Religious Deconstruction

Brave

by Rose McGowan • 2018

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

3.86

10k+

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Brave 93%

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

by Rose McGowan 2018

3.86

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

A Piece of Blue Sky

by Jon Atack • 1990

L. Ron Hubbard was no war hero, no mystic, no genius. Those fabrications built a global church.

3.99

524

🛑 Religious Cults 🎭 Charismatic Leaders 🧠 Cult Psychology

A Piece of Blue Sky 93%

L. Ron Hubbard was no war hero, no mystic, no genius. Those fabrications built a global church.

by Jon Atack 1990

3.99

524 ratings

🛑 Religious Cults 🎭 Charismatic Leaders 🧠 Cult Psychology

Goodbye, Sweet Girl

by Kelly Sundberg • 2018

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

3.83

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control

Goodbye, Sweet Girl 93%

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

by Kelly Sundberg 2018

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control

A Search for Purple Cows

by Susan Call • 2012

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

4.30

153

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery

A Search for Purple Cows 93%

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

by Susan Call 2012

4.30

153 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery

A Child Called "It"

by Dave Pelzer • 1995

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

4.14

463k+

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control

A Child Called "It" 93%

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

by Dave Pelzer 1995

4.14

463k+ ratings

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control

Take Back Your Life

by Janja Lalich • 1994

You left the cult. Its programming stayed. Here is how to dismantle what remains.

4.38

220

🏚️ Cult Recovery 🧠 Mind Control 📖 Coercive Persuasion

Take Back Your Life 93%

You left the cult. Its programming stayed. Here is how to dismantle what remains.

by Janja Lalich 1994

4.38

220 ratings

🏚️ Cult Recovery 🧠 Mind Control 📖 Coercive Persuasion

Quest For Love

by Anneke Lucas • 2022

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

4.50

377

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse

Quest For Love 93%

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

by Anneke Lucas 2022

4.50

377 ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse

Awake

by Jen Hatmaker • 2025

Her marriage imploded. She trusted her body, gathered her friends, and built a bigger table.

4.05

50k+

🩹 Divorce Recovery ⛪️ Faith Deconstruction 🪢 Codependency

Awake 92%

Her marriage imploded. She trusted her body, gathered her friends, and built a bigger table.

by Jen Hatmaker 2025

4.05

50k+ ratings

🩹 Divorce Recovery ⛪️ Faith Deconstruction 🪢 Codependency

Good Time Girl

by Heather Gay • 2024

Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.

3.57

4k+

⛪ Mormon Memoir 💔 Religious Deconstruction 📺 Reality Tv Memoir

Good Time Girl 92%

Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.

by Heather Gay 2024

3.57

4k+ ratings

⛪ Mormon Memoir 💔 Religious Deconstruction 📺 Reality Tv Memoir

Jesus Land

by Julia Scheeres • 2005

A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.

3.97

20k+

⛪ Religious Abuse 🔒 Troubled Teen Industry 🏠 Interracial Adoption

Jesus Land 92%

A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.

by Julia Scheeres 2005

3.97

20k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Abuse 🔒 Troubled Teen Industry 🏠 Interracial Adoption

The Phantom Prince

by Elizabeth Kendall • 1981

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

4.18

15k+

🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control

The Phantom Prince 92%

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

by Elizabeth Kendall 1981

4.18

15k+ ratings

🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control

Not Without My Daughter

by Betty Mahmoody • 1987

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

4.19

39k+

🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy

Not Without My Daughter 92%

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

by Betty Mahmoody 1987

4.19

39k+ ratings

🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy

You'll Never Believe Me

by Kari Ferrell • 2025

How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.

3.34

3k+

🧸 Adoption Trauma 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🎭 Deception And Fraud

You'll Never Believe Me 92%

How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.

by Kari Ferrell 2025

3.34

3k+ ratings

🧸 Adoption Trauma 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🎭 Deception And Fraud

Nowhere Girl

by Cheryl Diamond • 2021

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

4.04

9k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma

Nowhere Girl 92%

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

by Cheryl Diamond 2021

4.04

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma

Crisis of Conscience

by Raymond Franz • 1983

Inside the Jehovah's Witnesses' highest council: one man's conscience against institutional power.

4.49

852

🚪 Leaving Jehovahs Witnesses 🏛️ Religious Authoritarianism 📉 High-Control Groups

Crisis of Conscience 92%

Inside the Jehovah's Witnesses' highest council: one man's conscience against institutional power.

by Raymond Franz 1983

4.49

852 ratings

🚪 Leaving Jehovahs Witnesses 🏛️ Religious Authoritarianism 📉 High-Control Groups

The Parrot's Perch

by Karen Keilt • 2019

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

4.23

334

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Parrot's Perch 92%

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

by Karen Keilt 2019

4.23

334 ratings

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Infidel

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali • 2006

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

4.20

93k+

☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation

Infidel 92%

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation

Crazy for God

by Frank Schaeffer • 2007

Inside the machine: a son of evangelical royalty helps build the religious right, then defects.

3.68

2k+

⛪ Evangelical Movement 🐘 Religious Right 🧩 Faith Deconstruction

Crazy for God 92%

Inside the machine: a son of evangelical royalty helps build the religious right, then defects.

by Frank Schaeffer 2007

3.68

2k+ ratings

⛪ Evangelical Movement 🐘 Religious Right 🧩 Faith Deconstruction

Knife

by Salman Rushdie • 2024

A knife onstage. One eye gone. Thirty-three years after the fatwa, he writes back.

3.98

29k+

🩹 Trauma Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🗽 Free Speech

Knife 92%

A knife onstage. One eye gone. Thirty-three years after the fatwa, he writes back.

by Salman Rushdie 2024

3.98

29k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🗽 Free Speech

Boy Erased

by Garrard Conley • 2016

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

3.62

22k+

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir

Boy Erased 92%

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

by Garrard Conley 2016

3.62

22k+ ratings

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir

Reham Khan

by Reham Khan • 2018

An abusive first husband. A charismatic second who used black magic and conspired with the first.

2.56

455

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women'S Memoirs

Reham Khan 92%

An abusive first husband. A charismatic second who used black magic and conspired with the first.

by Reham Khan 2018

2.56

455 ratings

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women'S Memoirs

Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, The

by David R. Johnson • 1991

Spiritual abuse: when faith leaders control, not serve. How to recognize it, leave it, and rebuild.

4.40

988

⚠️ Spiritual Abuse 💔 Religious Trauma 🔒 High-Control Religion

Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, The Summary

Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, The 91%

Spiritual abuse: when faith leaders control, not serve. How to recognize it, leave it, and rebuild.

by David R. Johnson 1991

4.40

988 ratings

⚠️ Spiritual Abuse 💔 Religious Trauma 🔒 High-Control Religion

Becoming Free Indeed

by Jinger Duggar Vuolo • 2023

A faith built on fear and man-made rules. Then she read the Bible for herself.

3.61

52k+

⛓️ Religious Legalism 💔 Spiritual Abuse ✝️ Fundamentalist Christianity

Becoming Free Indeed 91%

A faith built on fear and man-made rules. Then she read the Bible for herself.

by Jinger Duggar Vuolo 2023

3.61

52k+ ratings

⛓️ Religious Legalism 💔 Spiritual Abuse ✝️ Fundamentalist Christianity

Crazy Love

by Leslie Morgan Steiner • 2009

Five days before the wedding, he slammed her against a wall. She said I do anyway.

3.85

4k+

🔒 Domestic Abuse 🔄 Abuse Cycle 🔗 Coercive Control

Crazy Love 91%

Five days before the wedding, he slammed her against a wall. She said I do anyway.

by Leslie Morgan Steiner 2009

3.85

4k+ ratings

🔒 Domestic Abuse 🔄 Abuse Cycle 🔗 Coercive Control

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

In the Dream House 91%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

by Bradley J. Edwards • 2020

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

4.32

1k+

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Summary

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein 91%

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

by Bradley J. Edwards 2020

4.32

1k+ ratings

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir

Paris

by Paris Hilton • 2023

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

4.21

91k+

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture

Paris 91%

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

by Paris Hilton 2023

4.21

91k+ ratings

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture

Combatting Cult Mind Control

by Steven Hassan • 1988

Cults prey on the capable, not the weak. A former member's method for getting someone out.

4.42

2k+

🔒 High-Control Groups 🕊️ Cult Recovery 🧠 Thought Reform

Combatting Cult Mind Control 91%

Cults prey on the capable, not the weak. A former member's method for getting someone out.

by Steven Hassan 1988

4.42

2k+ ratings

🔒 High-Control Groups 🕊️ Cult Recovery 🧠 Thought Reform

More Than the Tattooed Mormon

by Al Carraway • 2015

A skeptic New Yorker with tattoos found a faith she never wanted, and it changed everything.

4.23

3k+

🕍 Mormon Faith 📖 Conversion Stories 🌧️ Trials Of Faith

More Than the Tattooed Mormon 91%

A skeptic New Yorker with tattoos found a faith she never wanted, and it changed everything.

by Al Carraway 2015

4.23

3k+ ratings

🕍 Mormon Faith 📖 Conversion Stories 🌧️ Trials Of Faith

Brutally Honest

by Melanie Brown • 2018

The world called her Scary Spice. One man called her his prisoner, for a decade.

4.05

6k+

🎤 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ⛓️ Coercive Control

Brutally Honest 91%

The world called her Scary Spice. One man called her his prisoner, for a decade.

by Melanie Brown 2018

4.05

6k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ⛓️ Coercive Control

Silent No More

by Aaron Fisher • 2012

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

4.09

786

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Silent No More 91%

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

by Aaron Fisher 2012

4.09

786 ratings

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Freedom of Mind

by Steven Hassan • 2012

The non-coercive method for helping someone leave a cult: build trust, not walls.

4.20

328

🧭 Cult Recovery 🔒 High-Control Groups 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Intervention

Freedom of Mind 91%

The non-coercive method for helping someone leave a cult: build trust, not walls.

by Steven Hassan 2012

4.20

328 ratings

🧭 Cult Recovery 🔒 High-Control Groups 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Intervention

Notes on a Silencing

by Lacy Crawford • 2020

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

4.24

9k+

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault

Notes on a Silencing 91%

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

by Lacy Crawford 2020

4.24

9k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault

Down the Rabbit Hole

by Holly Madison • 2015

A 9 PM curfew, a weekly allowance, and a mansion where girlfriends competed rather than bonded.

3.57

52k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Hollywood Tell-All 💔 Emotional Abuse

Down the Rabbit Hole 91%

A 9 PM curfew, a weekly allowance, and a mansion where girlfriends competed rather than bonded.

by Holly Madison 2015

3.57

52k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Hollywood Tell-All 💔 Emotional Abuse

Prisoners of Hope

by Dayna Curry • 2002

Arrested by the Taliban for their faith. Then the towers fell, and the bombing began.

3.99

2k+

🕊️ Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Captivity Narratives 🇦🇫 Women In Afghanistan

Prisoners of Hope 91%

Arrested by the Taliban for their faith. Then the towers fell, and the bombing began.

by Dayna Curry 2002

3.99

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Captivity Narratives 🇦🇫 Women In Afghanistan

Terror, Love and Brainwashing

by Alexandra Stein • 2017

The need to belong, turned into a weapon: the psychology that explains totalist control.

4.00

520

🧷 Attachment Theory 🧠 Brainwashing ⛓️ Coercive Control

Terror, Love and Brainwashing 91%

The need to belong, turned into a weapon: the psychology that explains totalist control.

by Alexandra Stein 2017

4.00

520 ratings

🧷 Attachment Theory 🧠 Brainwashing ⛓️ Coercive Control

In the Presence of My Enemies

by Gracia Burnham • 2003

Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.

4.30

8k+

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🔗 Hostage Survival ✝️ Faith Under Persecution

In the Presence of My Enemies 91%

Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.

by Gracia Burnham 2003

4.30

8k+ ratings

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🔗 Hostage Survival ✝️ Faith Under Persecution

When Religion Hurts You

by Laura E. Anderson • 2023

Religious trauma is stored in the body. Healing it requires more than changing your beliefs.

4.38

2k+

💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 Somatic Therapy ✝️ High-Control Religion

When Religion Hurts You 91%

Religious trauma is stored in the body. Healing it requires more than changing your beliefs.

by Laura E. Anderson 2023

4.38

2k+ ratings

💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 Somatic Therapy ✝️ High-Control Religion

The Spiral Staircase

by Karen Armstrong • 2004

A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.

3.94

9k+

🌑 Faith Crisis 📚 Comparative Religion ✍️ Spiritual Memoir

The Spiral Staircase 91%

A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.

by Karen Armstrong 2004

3.94

9k+ ratings

🌑 Faith Crisis 📚 Comparative Religion ✍️ Spiritual Memoir

Kabul Beauty School

by Deborah Rodriguez • 2007

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

3.67

26k+

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training

Kabul Beauty School 91%

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

by Deborah Rodriguez 2007

3.67

26k+ ratings

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training

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