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Books On Tap (BOT) - A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Books On Tap (BOT) - A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy In-Person

Join us at the Whiskey Barrel, 251 East Main St, Stratford, CT. We will meet at 7:00pm and then start our discussion at 7:30pm. Please tell all your friends this is so exciting. We will be discussing A Well Trained Wife by Tia Levings. Copies are available at the check out desk. Let me know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing everyone.

Book Synopsis:

Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a good Christian meant following a list of additional life principles––a series of secret, special rules to obey. Being a godly and submissive wife in Christian Patriarchy included strict discipline, isolation, and an alternative lifestyle that appeared wholesome to outsiders. Women were to be silent, “keepers of the home.”

Tia knew that to their neighbors her family was strange, but she also couldn't risk exposing their secret lifestyle to police, doctors, teachers, or anyone outside of their church. Christians were called in scripture to be “in the world, not of it.” So, she hid in plain sight as years of abuse and pain followed. When Tia realized she was the only one who could protect her children from becoming the next generation of patriarchal men and submissive women, she began to resist and question how they lived. But in the patriarchy, a woman with opinions is in danger, and eventually, Tia faced an urgent and extreme choice: stay and face dire consequences, or flee with her children.

Told in a beautiful, honest, and sometimes harrowing voice,
A Well-Trained Wife is an unforgettable and timely memoir about a woman's race to save herself and her family and details the ways that extreme views can manifest in a marriage.

 
Date:
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Audience:
  Adults  
Categories:
  Adults  
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