Girl on a Wire: Walking the Line Between Faith and Freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church
Brand: SKYHORSE
Categories: Books, Christian Books & Bibles, Christian Living



Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.25 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1510739185
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1510739181
Publisher: Skyhorse
Print length: 256 pages
Publication date: November 20, 2018
subtitle: Paperback – November 20, 2018
author: Visit Amazon's Libby Phelps Page search results Libby Phelps Sara Stewart
review: Editorial Reviews Review "Very honest . . . surprising and powerful—I suppose we’d all like to believe that everything becomes much easier when you leave an oppressive environment. But of course, it doesn’t work that way. In fact, life becomes more complicated."—Louis Theroux, documentarian "Fascinating"-- Booklist "From the inside of one of America’s most infamous churches, Phelps delivers a captivating study of how free speech can become a vehicle for cruelty and hatred."-- Publishers Weekly "Very honest . . . surprising and powerful—I suppose we’d all like to believe that everything becomes much easier when you leave an oppressive environment. But of course, it doesn’t work that way. In fact, life becomes more complicated."—Louis Theroux, documentarian "Fascinating"-- Booklist "From the inside of one of America’s most infamous churches, Phelps delivers a captivating study of how free speech can become a vehicle for cruelty and hatred."-- Publishers Weekly About the Author Libby Phelps was part of the Westboro Baptist Church until she was twenty-five years old. She’s participated in a BBC documentary titled America’s Most Hated Family in Crisis , has been on The Today Show and Anderson Cooper Live , and featured in media such as the New York Post , Lost Angeles Times , and xojane.com. Today, she’s a physical therapist and lives with her husband and son in Lawrence, Kansas. Sara Stewart has been a features writer for the New York Post for over a decade and wrote an extensive profile of Libby for the Post in April 2013. She has also written features for The Contently Foundation for Investigative Journalism, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, the feminist site Women & Hollywood, and more. She splits her time between Brooklyn, NY and Indiana, PA.