A review by mollyjordan
fathermothergod: My Journey Out of Christian Science by Lucia Greenhouse

4.0

I found this book to be a highly emotional read. The thoughts and practices of Christian Science that were depicted in the memoir go so against the grain of modern medicine and thought, that you want to reach into the book and shake the followers. I felt the pain that Lucia and her family went through almost as if they were my relatives. To suffer in agony with only prayer and ellivated thoughts to rely on for healing is an absorb concept that broke my heart at times. Brutal and cruel are two words that came into my mind while watching the mother "progress" in Christian Science terms and rapidly deteriorate by medical standards. The opposition is striking.