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Cult Girls is the first anti-cult memoir, graphic novel, based on the 'comedic, lighter version' of the life of my friends and I leaving the harsh Jehovah’s Witness religion. It has our flashback childhood, teenage & early marriage experiences shared through a comedic feminist lens.
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This book blasted light on subjects in social awareness
The best part of the book is that it is based on a true story and it is told in a format that has never been done before, with a hopeful approach for young women. Author Grand and her team successfully capture the essence of JW culture in the pages of this graphic book. Each frame is filled with the complex dilemma JWs face as they try to put into practice the unreasonable radical rules of this off beat religious cult.
The comic format allows Grand to touch on a multitude of weighty subjects (abortion, domestic abuse, homosexuality etc.) faced by practicing JWs as well as those who are in various stages of leaving.
Illustrations and color are beautiful and add to the experience of reading Cult Girls.