{"product_id":"banished-surviving-my-years-in-the-westboro-baptist-church-9781455512423","title":"Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church","description":"You've likely heard of the Westboro Baptist Church. Perhaps you've seen their pickets on the news, the members holding signs with messages that are too offensive to copy here, protesting at events such as the funerals of soldiers, the 9-year old victim of the recent Tucson shooting, and Elizabeth Edwards, all in front of their grieving families. The WBC is fervently anti-gay, anti-Semitic, and anti- practically everything and everyone. And they aren't going anywhere: in March, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the WBC's right to picket funerals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since no organized religion will claim affiliation with the WBC, it's perhaps more accurate to think of them as a cult. Lauren Drain was thrust into that cult at the age of 15, and then spat back out again seven years later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBanished\u003c\/i\u003e is the first look inside the organization, as well as a fascinating story of adaptation and perseverance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lauren spent her early years enjoying a normal life with her family in Florida. But when her formerly liberal and secular father set out to produce a documentary about the WBC, his detached interest gradually evolved into fascination, and he moved the entire family to Kansas to join the church and live on their compound. Over the next seven years, Lauren fully assimilated their extreme beliefs, and became a member of the church and an active and vocal picketer. But as she matured and began to challenge some of the church's tenets, she was unceremoniously cast out from the church and permanently cut off from her family and from everyone else she knew and loved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBanished\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Lauren's fight to find herself amidst dramatic changes in a world of extremists and a life in exile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lauren Drain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781455512423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/24\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/25\/2013 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Drain\u003c\/b\u003e works as a registered nurse. She lives with her husband in Connecticut, where she enjoys outdoor activities including endurance races, hiking, dirt biking, and camping. \u003ci\u003eBanished\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Pulitzer\u003c\/b\u003e is a former correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author and co-author of more than a dozen nonfiction books, including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eStolen Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45022576836723,"sku":"9781455512423","price":39.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_29689bd8-cda5-48df-9302-1aa79f55f62a.jpg?v=1779277588","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/banished-surviving-my-years-in-the-westboro-baptist-church-9781455512423","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}