Name: fathermothergod: My Journey Out of Christian Science - Paperback
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fathermothergod: My Journey Out of Christian Science - Paperback

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by Lucia Greenhouse (Author)

"A courageous and finely crafted portrait of a young woman struggling with her family, her faith, and that awkward space between being a child and growing into adulthood."--Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

"Unimaginable . . . As much an indictment of Christian Science as it is a memoir of her family's experience of loss."--O: the Oprah Magazine

Lucia Ewing had what looked like an all-American childhood, but when it came to accidents and illnesses, her parents didn't take their kids to the doctor's office--they prayed and called a Christian Science practitioner. As a teenager, her visit to an ophthalmologist created a family crisis, and she was a sophomore in college before she had her first annual physical. In December 1985, when Lucia and her siblings, by then young adults, discovered that their mother was sick, they came face-to-face with the reality that they had few--if any--options to save her. Powerless as their mother suffered, they were grief-stricken, angry, and confused.

In this haunting, beautifully written book, Lucia pulls back the curtain on the Christian Science faith and chronicles its complicated legacy for her family. At once an essentially American coming-of-age story and a glimpse into the practices of a religion few really understand, fathermothergod is an unflinching exploration of personal loss and the boundaries of family and faith.

Author Biography

LUCIA GREENHOUSE, a graduate of the Emma Willard School and Brown University, lives with her husband and four children in Westchester County, New York. This is her first book.

Number of Pages: 320

Dimensions: 0.68 x 8.5 x 4.9 IN

Publication Date: August 28, 2012

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