by AK - Jeff 6 Replies latest jw friends
Added now to my collection are;
The Four Presidents of the Watch Tower Society - Edmond C. Gruss
The Awakening of a Jehovah's Witness - Diane Wilson
The Truth Book, Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses - Joy Castro
Wifey has also ordered Brian's book - Have You Seen My Mother
Any reviews?
Jeff
Someone had a thread going (Lady Lee or Mouthy?) on 'Have you seen my mother'. Sounds like you will need a box of kleenix! Look for the thread from a couple days ago that starts something like 'Bryan, I am sitting here crying' . Someone else will direct you.
For Bryan's book, quite a few others expressed their thoughts about the book too.
Bryan: I'm sitting here crying
Four Presidents is amazingly well documented. About half the book is references and the Appendix.
Oh I forgot one
Awakening was gave an excellent perspective on what it's like to be a JW woman in the org. I would actually recommend it for men too to get a better idea of what we go through
Thanx carla and LL.
I am about 50 pages into the 4 Presidents now. I tend to favor the historical perpectives first. I find it similar to Penton's book so far.
I told Diane by email once that I would read her book soon - I think that was a year back, so I will get to it next.
Jeff
Jeff
I've read 30 years a WT slave and it matches up with that too.
I've read 30 years a WT slave and it matches up with that too.
I tried to once. I have a copy somewhere. But my first reaction was that the author had too much bitterness to deal with the issues subjectively, so I put it down and never finished it. It was right after I read Franz's books, and his mild demeanor had impressed me and prob influenced my perception of 30 years to some extent. It will be a long winter, maybe I can dig it out and take another look.
Jeff
