Born Yesterday: The True Story of a Girl Born in the 20th Century but Raised in the 19th
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Description
The book is a memoir of growing up in physical and social isolation stemming from a one-family, cult-like version of extreme religion, yet shaking free from family dysfunction and spiritual abuse to develop a wholesome life grounded in faith.
Though born in 1965, Rachel’s story could easily have been set in the 1800s. Wearing long dresses and broad-brimmed bonnets and living without modern conveniences including electricity, telephone, radio, television, or indoor plumbing, she and her two older brothers were shaped by the extreme religious views of her iron-willed, Vietnam-veteran father and malleable, practical-minded mother. The family separated from society and lived under often harsh conditions in an old, abandoned house atop a remote range of hills in Tennessee, awaiting the end of the world. Then at 16, Rachel was forced to face the world in which she was not raised to live. She struggled to adjust to an unsheltered life without casting aside the good along with the bad. Eventually she found her way to a full, balanced, and vibrant life. Rachel shares an amazing story that ultimately testifies of God’s faithful and restorative loving care.
ISBN
9781498415378
Publication Date
2014
Publisher
Xulon Press
City
Maitland, FL
Recommended Citation
Williams-Smith, Rachel, "Born Yesterday: The True Story of a Girl Born in the 20th Century but Raised in the 19th" (2014). Books. 5.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/cas-books/5
Comments
Let’s Pray Program, Hope Channel. Rachel Williams Smith Interviewed by David Franklin and Kandice Thorp. October 21, 2014. http://bcove.me/3ykvmkgs
Urban Reports, Dare to Dream Network. Interviewed by Dr. Yvonne Lewis. October 22, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fltAYN7UGP0&app=desktop