Not Without My Sister

Not Without My Sister | Celeste Jones, Kristina Jones, Juliana Buhring

#memoirmonday. #magnificentmarch read a few years back. It‘s about 3 girls raised in a cult and forced to do unspeakable things.

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Not Without My Sister | Celeste Jones, Kristina Jones, Juliana Buhring

bailed

It is with this paragraph 32% in - referencing a communal school room/dorm of 5 and 6 years olds - that I #bail. I can't handle this subject matter.

IamIamIam Oh my God, that's not fiction???? 7y

britt_brooke @IamIamIam No. 😤😢 7y

TrishB Don't blame you 💔 7y

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Pamwurtzler Ugh I don't blame you in the least. 7y

TheLibrarian 😱 7y

MidnightBookGirl Yeah... cults are scary as hell. 7y

RealBooks4ever Omg, I'd bail too! Hope somebody ended up being held accountable for that situation. 7y

saresmoore Dear Lord. That‘s appalling. 7y

mjdowens No no no and no. Will be taking this off my TBR list right now. I can handle a lot, but this is not one of them😖😡 7y

librarygoddess619 Oh man, that would be enough for me to bail too. Who would write that crap? 7y

MarriedtoMrT My oldest daughter is that age. I just can't or really don't want to imagine that. Those poor girls! 😢 7y

britt_brooke @librarygoddess619 It's nonfiction. 😵 7y

librarygoddess619 Ohhhhhhh...well... that is unfortunate. Some things don't need to be spelled out, or if the author chooses to, we csn choose not to read them, right? This sounds like an incredibly tough book to read (and write). 7y

britt_brooke @librarygoddess619 There were even more disturbing things prior to this point. I commend these girls for telling their story, and hope it helped them to get it on paper, but it's just too much for me. 7y

britt_brooke @MarriedtoMrT I know what you mean. My oldest son is 5 and I cannot even fathom. In god's name, they encouraged sexual exploration among children as well as pedophilia and rape. Those poor kids and women. Just disgusting. 7y

britt_brooke @TrishB @Pamwurtzler @TheLibrarian @MidnightBookGirl @RealBooks4ever @saresmoore @mjdowens What's even worse is that this is just one facet of the disgusting behavior. I applaud these girls for telling their stories and hope getting it on paper has helped, but I just can't continue. Too heartbreaking. 💔💔💔 7y

Anna40 I don't think I could read it either. And that is so sad because these accounts need to be told and heard and the courage of coming forward and talking about it needs to be more than acknowledged, it needs to be honoured ... I have a 3 year old and it scares me to send him out into a world where this is happening! 7y

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