Hey! I was in a cult for most of my life, and it kinda sorta totally fucked up my life. I'd like to find something I can relate to in this regard, since it's a pretty unique experience.
Either fiction or non fiction would be okay. Something about the groupthink, shame, isolation, guilt, etc. It doesn't have to entirely relate to that, and doesn't necessarily have to be a religious group, something like a fantasy imperial empire would be fine too.
If nothing about what I'm specifically looking for comes to mind, a book about depression and being LGBT would be okay. Just want to read a book and go 'thats me'
I'm just trying to find the will to live (mom won't let me suicide 😔)
Sorry if this post doesn't fit the subreddit, and thank you 💖
by ThePoetessOfLesbos
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Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
When one door closes, another door opens. Hang in there. (Sorry I don’t have anything better to say that might help you.)
“The Wrong Way Home,” by Kate O’Shaughnessy
“The Patron Saint of Butterflies,” by Cecilia Galante
“Sister Wife,” by Shelley Hrdlitschka
I know this is a kids’ book, but hear me out, it’s actually really good: This Time of Darkness by Helen Mary Hoover.
*Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing*
Educated by Tara Westover.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
What MyBones Know by Stephanie Foo
I saw myself in all three of these memoirs with vastly different experiences.