maureen Cummins

As a preface to this review, let me say I had both Megan and Grace as students in my Mythology class at Topeka West High School. They were smart, clever, creative and unique. That they finally broke away from the Westboro Church was in itself, a miracle. But one does not need to have known either of them to read this book. It is brilliantly written with a rare mastery of the language. Megan was deeply rooted in the church, the picketing , the doctrine of hate, but one day while painting a basement she had an epiphany…..What if we are wrong, she asked herself. Perhaps this church was not chosen by God, but has been misguided in its zeal to change the world. Megan writes with passion and clarity, taking the reader eagerly along her journey as she and Grace press forward into , what to them, is the unknown. She examines the fallacies of her church which was unbending in its doctrine. From that point on she cannot turn back. Read it carefully, re read it and relish the depths she explores in her search for truth. Know the people she and Grace meet along their journey and know that beyond the insular world they once inhabited, was a world they met head on and embraced. Rarely is there a rite of passage as powerfully written as this book. Read it and when you are done, you will feel you know both Megan and Grace. You will admire their strength, fortitude and bravery but most of all, their hard won integrity.

I have been in animal rescue for over 30 years and this man "gets it." He depicts accurately the pathos of loving a rescued dog and her pups and the desire to keep and protect them. It moves quickly and authentically. I am buying it for many friends for Christmas...all of whom are dog lovers.