Good Mormon Girl

Imagine being an extrovert trapped inside the body of the world's shyest girl. You grow up dateless, invisible, and wondering if God accidentally put your personality in the wrong person. By 22, you've married an abuser who later steals your kids. Husband #2? A full-blown sexual deviant. Husband #3? Empties your bank account and vanishes like a magician who hates you.Welcome to Jennifer's life by age 46.But wait- didn't her Mormon leaders promise exceeding joy? She followed every rule: prayed, read scriptures, avoided coffee, wore modest clothes...the whole package. So why did her life feel like a tragicomedy with no laugh track?One day, after a prayer that could've cracked granite, Jennifer decides she's done. She leaves the Mormon bubble-only to realize she has zero clue how the normal world works. Credit cards? Dating? Saying the word "vagina" out loud? It's all new territory.Can a woman raised to be silent, sweet, and endlessly compliant learn to stand up, speak up, and finally take her own side-before life throws yet another plot twist at her?

Pages: 430, Paperback, Jennifer Wilson