Giving readers a firsthand glimpse into the Christian Science church, Greenhouse delivers a beautifully written memoir about growing up in a faith whose followers don't believe in doctors or medicine--and how those religious values shattered a family.

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""fathermothergod" is a heart-wrenching coming of age memoir about the implosion of a family when Christian Science dogma encounters a mother's grave illness. It's impossible to read this and not put yourself in the author's shoes--this will take your breath away."
--Lee Woodruff, author of "Perfectly Imperfect" and "In an Instant"
A riveting and heart-rending memoir, "fathermothergod: My Journey Out of Christian Science" exposes the monstrous feats of neglect fostered by this strange American manifestation of religious fanaticism. Tracing her mother's decline and its lacerating consequences, Lucia Greenhouse knows the truth about Christian Science, and she tells it with passionate, righteous indignation.
--Caroline Fraser, "God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church"
"[A] powerfully affecting memoir . . . Greenhouse's skill in rendering family relationships under the intersecting stresses of illness and conflicting beliefs make the book w