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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy By Tia Levings
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In A Well-Trained Wife, Tia Levings offers a raw and powerful memoir of escape from the oppressive Quiverfull movement, revealing the hidden costs of extreme Christian patriarchy.
As a young bride, Tia Levings was drawn into the Quiverfull movement, a fundamentalist Christian sect that demanded absolute submission and isolation from the outside world. Living under a stringent code that prioritized obedience and silence, Tia and her family were outwardly perceived as devout, yet their home was a place of deep, unspoken suffering. The movement’s principles required women to be submissive and repressive, with any dissent harshly punished.
Over the years, Tia’s life became a cycle of abuse masked by a façade of religious righteousness. Though she was aware of her family's growing estrangement and the oppressive nature of their lifestyle, exposing their reality was too risky. It was only when she recognized the threat her children faced—being groomed into the same cycle of patriarchy—that she resolved to challenge and question the system that had long held her captive.
Faced with the brutal choice between enduring further abuse or escaping with her children, Tia embarked on a perilous journey to break free. Her memoir is a courageous, candid account of the pain and resilience required to escape an oppressive ideology and protect her family.
Tia Levings’s A Well-Trained Wife is a compelling and urgent narrative of one woman's fight for freedom and the struggle against the devastating effects of a repressive, patriarchal ideology.
As a young bride, Tia Levings was drawn into the Quiverfull movement, a fundamentalist Christian sect that demanded absolute submission and isolation from the outside world. Living under a stringent code that prioritized obedience and silence, Tia and her family were outwardly perceived as devout, yet their home was a place of deep, unspoken suffering. The movement’s principles required women to be submissive and repressive, with any dissent harshly punished.
Over the years, Tia’s life became a cycle of abuse masked by a façade of religious righteousness. Though she was aware of her family's growing estrangement and the oppressive nature of their lifestyle, exposing their reality was too risky. It was only when she recognized the threat her children faced—being groomed into the same cycle of patriarchy—that she resolved to challenge and question the system that had long held her captive.
Faced with the brutal choice between enduring further abuse or escaping with her children, Tia embarked on a perilous journey to break free. Her memoir is a courageous, candid account of the pain and resilience required to escape an oppressive ideology and protect her family.
Tia Levings’s A Well-Trained Wife is a compelling and urgent narrative of one woman's fight for freedom and the struggle against the devastating effects of a repressive, patriarchal ideology.
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