Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: A Memoir Dowd Michelle
Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: A Memoir Dowd Michelle A moving, heartbreaking, and inspiring true story of the author's escape from an apocalyptic cult--and the deep understanding…
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Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: A Memoir Dowd Michelle
A moving, heartbreaking, and inspiring true story of the author's escape from an apocalyptic cult--and the deep understanding of the natural world that helped her find freedom.My family prepared me for the end of the world, but I know how to survive on what the earth yields.Michelle Dowd grew up on a mountain in the Angeles National Forest, born into an ultra-religious cult--the Field, as members called it--run by her grandfather, who believed that his chosen followers must prepare themselves to survive doomsday. She was forced to learn the skills necessary to battle hunger, thirst, and cold; she learned to trust animals more than humans; and most important, she Bound by the group's patriarchal rules and literal interpretation of the Bible, Michelle and her siblings lived a life of deprivation, isolated from Outsiders and starved for both love and food.