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"This sensitive, eloquent coming-of-age story articulates the often painful intersections of religion, power, illness, and death....[T]he book is an unforgettable testimony to the destructive powers of some religious beliefs....[and] also a nuanced acknowledgment of the ways in which sectarian religion orders the chaos of the world, providing new opportunities for its followers....Historically informed and refreshingly candid...this offers not just an individual memoir of an increasingly obscure religious movement, but also a more general exploration of the crises of faith and health in the 20th century."Wilson, Barbara is the author of 'Blue Windows A Christian Science Childhood' with ISBN 9780312180546 and ISBN 0312180543.
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