tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-399737662627156152024-03-13T12:47:38.586-05:00Live Love and Write!Deb Simpson, Author of
"Closing The Gate" a Heaven's Gate Cult Biography
Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.comBlogger420125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-39679352246118203562019-09-21T19:40:00.000-05:002019-09-21T19:40:38.114-05:00So much has changed since last I wrote in this blog. My husband died. I sold my house and moved. And moved again. And again. My career went upside down. My tribe scattered to the winds. So much chaos in so little time. But good things too. I moved into an incredible community in Florida. I became dog mommy to my precious Pepper. My grand babies grew up. I participated in a blog and a documentary about my most recent book. Now finally I’m considering a new book. The story of my life has been reinvention. <br />
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<br />Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-89632609961311925692014-09-26T21:39:00.002-05:002014-09-26T21:39:19.271-05:00A New Ending to an Old Tortured Story <br />
A few weeks ago<br />
Filled with Joy <br />
I made contact with my dad <br />
after 30 years apart <br />
<br />
Earlier this month <br />
We visited him at his home in Waco <br />
and had some good moments and some sad <br />
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I hoped it would be a new beginning <br />
But it was not to be... <br />
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I can forgive past hurts <br />
I can use compassion and empathy to understand another's viewpoints <br />
But allowing someone to continue to ridicule and belittle you or your family <br />
is to enable abuse -and that I will not do <br />
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So, today, I ended this tortured tale <br />
<br />
3 times he walked away -<br />
when I was a baby, when I was a teen, and when I was a young adult <br />
This time, I walked away <br />
<br />
The ridicule and snide remarks end now <br />
a new and final ending to this old and tortured story <br />
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9/26/14<br />
Deb Simpson <br />
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Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-26480313080149898062014-09-26T21:30:00.000-05:002014-09-26T21:30:03.340-05:00A New Ending to an Old Story <br />
A few weeks ago, I reunited with my dad <br />
Soon after, we visited him in Waco <br />
I hoped we could make a new start<br />
But it was not to be <br />
<br />
I can forgive a lot of things <br />
I can put aside past hurts <br />
I can find compassion and empathy <br />
And understand others viewpoints <br />
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But understanding past hurts is different <br />
Than allowing it to continue <br />
That is a form of abuse <br />
and that I will not tolerate <br />
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So, today I ended my relationship with my dad <br />
<br />
He walked away from me 3 times <br />
When I was a baby, when I was a teen and when I was a young adult <br />
This time, I walked away <br />
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A new and final ending to an old and tortured story <br />
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14 days to go <br />
is it me or is time moving <br />
v-e-r-y s-l-o-w <br />
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<span id="goog_1357955876"></span><span id="goog_1357955877"></span><br />Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-41632236834013998752014-07-27T19:47:00.002-05:002014-07-27T19:51:04.944-05:00One More TimeOne More Time<br />
You asked me<br />
One more time<br />
I shared<br />
One more time<br />
I wondered if you ever truly cared<br />
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One more time<br />
I silenced<br />
the words I need to say<br />
One more time<br />
I wondered<br />
When you would walk away<br />
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Like the day I was born<br />
When I was a teen<br />
When I became a young adult<br />
Who disappointed you again<br />
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One more time<br />
I cried<br />
For the times<br />
I've tried<br />
For what was - back then<br />
For what could have been<br />
For the pain that remains<br />
For the few remaining days<br />
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For what may never be<br />
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One More Time.<br />
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Deb Simpson<br />
7/27/14,Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-75605875876052301672014-07-19T09:51:00.000-05:002014-07-19T17:54:32.733-05:00New Manuscript in progress. I am now working on a new and exciting biography. It is untitled as yet but promises to be an exciting and enriching project. <br />
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My dad and I recently reconnected after being apart for 30 years. We are rediscovering each other and sharing the stories of our lives. <br />
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My dad, Joe Hart, is retired now and living in Waco Texas. But he has lived a rich life filled with travel and the contract engineering work that he loved. He often says that he " saw the USA at 70 miles an hour", he traversed the country, often pulling a travel camper which would become his home while he was working the next job. Dad was part of a community of " job shoppers" who built friendships and lives and they moved from one job to another. Dad wrote a book about his job shopping days, travels , and friends and this book has given me both history and insight about his life and beliefs. But Dad's book about job shopping is only part of his story. , I can truly say that he lived life to the fullest. <br />
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Dad was never still. Always learning and reaching for the next opportunity or adventure. Dad was a licensed pilot, licensed realtor, ham radio operator, and entrepreneur. He owned several businesses including 2 mobile home parks, a mini donut franchise, a logging operation, and job shopping agency. Dad also designed and built 4 homes, his first when he was in his twenties. Never one to be still, Dad also pursued the hobbies he loves.<br />
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Dad is an avid outdoorsman and yearns to be walking in the woods. His annual elk hunting trips are some of his best memories. He found the hunting to be even more challenging and enjoyable when he began using a bow and arrow rather than a gun. This led him to a new hobby- making hunting bows by hand. He continues to do this still, even though the use of his hands are limited and the manual manipulations of creating a bow are difficult.<br />
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Today, Dad spends much of his time caring for his wife of 30 years, Laura, who has Alzheimer's. Each day, Dad struggles daily with physical pain from a fall in 2005 that almost ended his life and left him partially disabled. Somehow, amidst the physical pain of his injury and the emotional pain of losing a spouse to a cruel illness that destroys her memories, Dad continues to be the strong and innovative person he has always been. When the injury to his hand left him unable to hold a guitar pick, he designed and built an enclosure for the injured hand that held an imbedded guitar pick and once more allowed him to continue another if his lifelong hobbies. Playing the guitar.<br />
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Through the "magic " of Google search, we found each other again and I look forward to our daily phone calls , many emails, and soon- an in person visit. Dad's grandfather lived to the age of 100. Hopefully Dad will also. <br />
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I look forward to capturing the excitement and expanse of his life in his biography. There is still so much to learn and share about this talented man that I call <b>Dad</b><br />
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Closing The Gate<br />
A Heaven's Gate Cult Biography<br />
is now a Global Ebook Nominee <br />
Biography <br />
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ailurophobia <br />
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fear of cats <br />
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<td>fear of dust
<tr><td>amaxophobia
<td>fear of riding in a car
<tr><td>ambulophobia
<td>fear of walking
<tr><td>anglophobia
<td>fear of England or the English
<tr><td>anthrophobia
<td>fear of humans
<tr><td>anuptaphobia
<td>fear of staying single </td></td></tr>
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For many authors, this is the first time they’ve talked about their publishing plans and the concept behind them.</div>
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As someone sitting on the other side of the table, by this point you expect that an author will have some or all of these things worked out:</div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Their<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>pitch</strong>, the tightly encapsulated, 30-second summary that will tell you what the book’s about, what other books it’s like, and what market the book is intended for.</li>
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After all, launching a book and, by extension, a publishing career, is a complex task with lots of layers of meaning and action all rolled into one.</div>
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None of these attributes is cast in stone, unchangeable. But authors still know they need to have thought about these things when they get ready to step over the threshold into public view. ...</div>
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Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-32708552776606564372013-04-30T09:08:00.000-05:002013-04-30T09:08:00.944-05:00Closing The Gate now on Kobo!! <a href="http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Title/book-rEMQ1pAtqU24LI_DooeHdQ/page1.html?utm_source=productlistings&utm_medium=g&utm_campaign=title-Closing+The+Gate&gclid=CPqJ-oXI8rYCFcdU4AodCSMAvw" target="_blank">Closing The Gate on Kobo!</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-assignment.html" target="_blank">to transfer copyright </a><br />
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Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-29510761210230393302013-04-26T09:11:00.002-05:002013-04-26T09:11:56.682-05:00How Do I Copyright My Work? <a href="http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html" target="_blank">Copyright Basics </a><br />
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<strong>How long does a copyright last?</strong>The term of copyright for a particular work depends on several factors, including whether it has been published, and, if so, the date of first publication. As a general rule, for works created after January 1, 1978, copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years. <br />
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<strong>Do I have to renew my copyright?</strong>No. Works created on or after January 1, 1978, are not subject to renewal registration.<br />
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Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-73554797640243754042013-04-19T15:40:00.000-05:002013-04-19T15:40:17.662-05:00 Publetariat Destroyed by a Hacker.”<a href="http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2013/04/news-publetariat-new-york-times-bookdesigntemplates-com/" target="_blank">Publetariat Hacked! </a><br />
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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Joel Friedlander stated on his blog--</span>was shocked to receive this note from my colleague April Hamilton:</div>
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“Last week,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Publetariat</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was named one of Writer’s Digest’s 101 Best Sites For Writers for the fourth year in a row, and this year it was also singled out as one of the “Best of the Best”.</div>
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Yesterday, Publetariat was destroyed by a hacker.”</div>
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My heart sank. As a website owner who relies on this site and other web assets for my livelihood, I was completely aghast.</div>
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Sure enough, heading over to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.publetariat.com/index.html" style="color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Publetariat</a>, April had left a “note on the door” that reads, in part:</div>
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The site is currently not accessible or properly functional, though its content is still contained in the site’s database.”</div>
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April has helped thousands of indie authors get started in publishing, and was an early pioneer online. She has also reprinted and publicized my articles as well as those of numerous other bloggers in the indie field, and also provides our content to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://kindlenationdaily.com/" style="color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kindle Nation Daily</a>.</div>
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Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-88885030827699148232013-04-15T08:17:00.000-05:002013-04-15T08:17:08.200-05:00Cult preparing for the second harvest ..<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Former members of the Heaven’s Gate Cult have been posting conversations about the expected second harvest of souls…. Heaven’s Gate is the cult who committed the largest mass suicide on US soil, in Rancho Santa Fe, Ca March 26, 1997, when 38 followers and their leader, DO (Marshall Applewhite) exited their vehicles (took their own lives) following what they believed to be a UFO hidden behind the Hale-Bopp Comet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some may think that the group ended with the mass suicide, but this is not the case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cult is believed to have had more than 90 members in its 20+year existence, and several former members are leading the way for new converts, using modern day social media to spread the word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Former members and new recruits believe another harvest is coming—a second chance to follow their beloved elders (leaders) to the Next Level, a place above human.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There has –as yet-been no discussion about another mass suicide, only about a second chance to follow them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The cult’s website is still active and contains the cult’s beliefs and philosophies, along with printed materials and training videos used in the cult “classroom”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The website is maintained by former members Dave and Sarah King.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other former members including Stephen Sawyer openly talk about their beliefs on Blog Radio, You tube, and Facebook. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Second harvest or second suicide?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remains to be seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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In Rapelay, gamers direct a character to sexually assault a mother and her two young daughters at an underground station, before raping any of a selection female characters.-a Japanese video game <br />
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Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-72092852985869338682013-03-25T08:30:00.001-05:002013-03-25T08:55:07.218-05:00Heaven's Gate Cult -the Elvis Connection <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As the 16<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Heaven’s Gate cult mass suicide approaches, my thoughts turn to my brother’s decision to follow his cult family and leave this world. Sometimes this brings memories of Jimmy as a baby, sometimes as a young man struggling to find his purpose in life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This month, as my husband and I traveled to Memphis for a weekend vacation, we visited Graceland, I was reminded of my brother’s love of Elvis, his music, his movies, and his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1976, Jimmy was living with my family in Norfolk, VA, and we had the opportunity to see Elvis in person, when he performed nearby at Hampton Roads, VA. Jimmy and I talked about the chance to see Elvis in person, to hear him perform and experience his strong presence. It was an event I will long remember, not because of the event, but because it was one of those missed opportunities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I simply could not afford the ticket price, so we did not attend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recall Jimmy’s disappointment and anger, and my own remorse, especially when Elvis died a few months later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As we toured the grounds of Graceland this month, , and stood near Elvis’ grave, I found myself surrounded by an intense quiet as other visitors stood in silence at the Graceland Mediation Garden. This is the place where Elvis, his mother, father, and grandmother are buried, and where a small marker serves as a reminder of his twin brother who died at birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For me, it was both a reflection of the impact of Elvis' life, the loss of someone so talented and young (42), and a sad recollection of my brother’s death, also at a young age (36).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Although I wrote about my brother’s life, his involvement with Heaven’s Gate, and his death in the biography, Closing The Gate, I still find myself deluged with small memories like this one-memories of things I had long ago forgotten. When a memory such as this resurfaces, I return again to the remembered moment and then all too quickly, to Jimmy’s death and the loss of his presence in my life<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Although Jimmy loved much of Elvis music, his all time favorite was “In the Ghetto”, and his favorite stanza may have been a hidden message…one we should have better understood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<br />Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-31229858204618186492013-01-21T19:45:00.001-06:002013-01-21T19:45:01.614-06:00InaugurationAlicia Keyes was great but I would like to have heard. Brad. Paisley too. Instead of the t v talking heads!!Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-48935619118643553382013-01-11T07:32:00.002-06:002013-01-11T07:32:22.235-06:0010 TOp Tips for self publishing <a href="http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2013/01/matthew-turner/" target="_blank">http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2013/01/matthew-turner/</a><br />
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Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39973766262715615.post-69882339848279242572012-11-14T15:17:00.000-06:002012-11-14T15:17:18.140-06:00Another goodreads review for Closing The Gate <img alt="6958934" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/users/1326663926p2/6958934.jpg" /><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font: 14px/18px georgia, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">In March of 1997 39 members of the Heaven's Gate group committed mass suicide in California believing they were exiting their earthly bodies and would move onto the next level of existence. Jimmy Pirkey had left the group some months earlier but had been trying to locate them to re-join when the group members died. Five weeks later he too would commit suicide hoping to join his "family".</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; font: 14px/18px georgia, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; font: 14px/18px georgia, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font: 14px/18px georgia, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">This is the story of Jimmy's life and the path that led him to membership in this religious cult. His life was one of constant upheaval, poverty, and insecurity. His earliest years were spent with a mentally ill mother and a pedophile father. His older sister was the most stable influence in his life but she had problems of her own and was ill-equipped to nurture young Jimmy. The family was constantly moving and lived a consistently unstable life. After Jimmy's father was incarcerated his mother chose to replace him with a series of undesirable men who only contributed further to Jimmy's sad, deprived youth.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; font: 14px/18px georgia, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; font: 14px/18px georgia, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font: 14px/18px georgia, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">This true life account written by Jimmy's sister using the voices of his mother, father, herself and Jimmy, offers a realistic and traumatic look at what life for this family must have been like and how it affected him. It saddened me to think that children are actually raised this way and surprised me that they didn't have more emotional issues than they did as a result of their childhood circumstances. The author did a wonderful job with what must have been an emotionally devastating walk down memory lane for her.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; font: 14px/18px georgia, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; font: 14px/18px georgia, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font: 14px/18px georgia, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I received this book through Goodreads' first reader giveaway program and I fervently recommend it.</span>Live love writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346331408880199868noreply@blogger.com0