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Bad Mormon
Bad Mormon: A Memoir | Heather Gay
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As seen in The New York Times, People, The Cut, Vulture, The Daily Beast, Today, Bustle, Us Weekly, Life & Style, and Interview Drinking and Tweeting meets Unorthodox in this vulnerable memoir about The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City stars departure from the Mormon Church, and her unforeseen success in business, television, and single motherhood. Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is famous for speaking the gospel truth. Whether as a businesswoman, mother, or television personality, she is unafraid to blaze a new trail, even if it means losing family, friends, and her community. Born and bred to be devout, Heather based her life around her faith. She attended Brigham Young University, served a mission in France, and married into Mormon royalty in the temple. But her life as a good Mormon abruptly ended when she lost the marriage and faith that she had once believed would last forever. With writing that is beautiful, sad, funny, and true, Heather recounts the difficult discovery of the darkness and damage that often exists behind a picture-perfect life, while examining the nuanced relationship between duty to self and duty to God. Exposing secrets she once held sacred, Bad Mormon is an unfiltered look at the religion that broke her heart. A revealing and ultimately hopeful memoir, Bad Mormon is a captivating read in the vein of Untamed, Educated, and Me Talk Pretty One Day.
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Sully1
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Good memoir! I'm a big fan of the RHSLC so this was a fast read for me.

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Yoricke_SouthAfrica
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I actually did enjoy this book. If you are a fan of the RH franchise, I'd absolutely recommend this book. It was also surprisingly well written, considering the author is not an author by trade.

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Yoricke_SouthAfrica
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I'm a very big RH fan 🌸

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JenReadsAlot
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I have not heard of Heather, but decided to read this from @fredthemoose #auldlangspine list and really enjoyed it! @monalyisha

fredthemoose Oh great! Glad you liked it. I had also never heard of her and was surprised by how much I liked it. 10mo
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fredthemoose
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I‘m picking this one for April because it stands out as most exceeding my expectations. I appreciated how open she was with her desires and struggles and wrestling with whether and how to keep her faith tradition as part of her life.

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Victoriahoperose
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I didn‘t know anything about this going in. I felt like it was a little bit slow in spots and I found myself getting bored with her story. It was really rushed at the end, but it was overall interesting to hear about her life and experiences.

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Nicki_K
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Heather struck me as being very open in this book, almost to the point of being too revealing but that is what a memoir is for. Bad Mormon had a good balance of giving enough details about something that happened and not giving too many to make it dull, but it still left me wanting more.

I enjoyed Heather's self narration, it was funny and emotional in parts and felt very Heather. An enjoyable, revealing and interesting read.⭐⭐⭐⭐

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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I had no idea who Heather Gay was when I grabbed this for the catchy title. I‘ve never seen a single episode of any Housewives season, though now I‘m tempted to watch SLC, especially since we lived in Holladay for a couple years. This exceeded expectations. Gay speaks of growing up in the LDS church, and the challenges she faced coming of age; big life decisions, marriage, kids, business, divorce, & the show. Solid (sorta) celeb memoir.

fredamans She's a real housewife that gets punched in the face and gets a black eye but has no clue how.... 🙄 She's my least favorite housewife in SLC. 2y
britt_brooke @fredamans 😂 When I googled her, I saw the black eye photos. Sounds a mess! 2y
fredamans @britt_brooke A self-created one but yeah 😂 2y
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