Ingrid's book launched today on Amazon! From the description:
What would you do if your Mormon stepfather pinned you down and tried to cast Satan out of you? For thirteen-year-old Ingrid, the answer is simple: RUN.
For years Ingrid has begged her free-wheeling dad to let her join him on the road as a tool-selling vagabond to escape the suffocating poverty and religion at home. When her devout Mormon mother married Earl―a homeless Vietnam vet who exploits the religion’s male-dominated culture to oppress and abuse her family―she finally gets her wish. Ingrid spends the next few summers living on the margins while hustling tools with her dad and his slimy, revolving sales crew. He becomes her lifeline and escape from Earl. But when her dad is arrested, she learns the lesson that will change her life: she can’t look to others to save her; she has to save herself.
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3 comments:
Thank you for sharing this Stephanie! And thank you for your incredible support. - Ingrid
You are welcome, and it is my pleasure. I just finished reading the entire book, and I have to tell you I couldn't "put it down". The story was gripping and hit me in a very personal way.
Wow. That sounds intense. Thanks for sharing this!
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