Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church

Megan Phelps-Roper 2019

Devastation Rating

Ugly Crying
cult religion memoir family

Our Take

Phelps-Roper was born into the family that made the Westboro Baptist Church, picketed soldiers' funerals, held 'God Hates Fags' signs at the age of five. She left because of arguments she had on Twitter. The memoir traces the logic of indoctrination and the fragility of certainty with a generosity toward her own family that is itself a form of courage. The most reasonable book about unreasonable belief.

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