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Pilgrim's Wilderness
Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier | Tom Kizzia
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Documents the story of Robert "Papa Pilgrim" Hale and the antiestablishment family settlement in remote Alaska that was eventually exposed as a cult-like prison where Hale brutalized and isolated his wife and 15 children, describing the torturous abuse endured by the family before his older children escaped and reported Hale to authorities.
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Mdargusch
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I‘m trying to relax a little today and get some reading done in this NF account of a fundamentalist Christian family in Alaska. Rose, my reading partner, apparently had too much Christmas as she‘s sprawled on my chest upside down as I read.

LauraBeth That is one comfortable doggo! 🐶 4y
AlaMich 🤣 4y
Eggbeater I have a canine reading partner named Rose also. She is a great snuggler. 🐶😍 4y
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LeahBergen Oh, Rose! 😆😆 She looks exhausted! 4y
LauraJ That is one content dog! 4y
Reviewsbylola Damn she went hard! 4y
emilyhaldi The face of an angel 4y
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amsu311
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Mehso-so
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GondorGirl
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This tale of a family living in the Alaskan frontier was both fascinating and disturbing. Papa Pilgrim presented himself as a simple and religious man, trying to live in peace with his family. The true story is that he was controlling and conniving.

I'm going to give you a warning that I wish I'd been given... there is some extremely messed up sexual assault and incest. Also, child abuse. None of it is talked about in graphic detail, but still...

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Nitpickyabouttrains
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A very interesting book. Partly about how living in the Alaska wilderness looks and partly about a family that lives off the grid and is a little like a cult. I liked how it integrated it all.

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Bostonmomx2
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I heard this author give an interview about this book and this family today. Sounds like quite a harrowing book, interesting, infuriating, fascinating, etc.

Bostonmomx2 @Marilyn1970 are you familiar with this family? 6y
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Rcoco
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Gah. This was so going to be “meh” for me until I stayed up until 2 this morning and then woke up at 7 to finish this book. The first half was overinflated fluff and the last half nitty gritty omg business. Not too long of a read....try it!

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JennaRoot
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Next up on audio! #playster

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shadesoftrue
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time for a #readathon break to amuse this little guy after three chapters of this wonderfully written, intriguing book