num_pages: 304
description: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDrinking and Tweeting meets Unorthodox in this vulnerable memoir about The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City stars departure from the Mormon Church and her unforeseen success in business television and single motherhood. Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight Heather Gay is famous for speaking the gospel truth. Whether as a businesswoman mother or television personality she is unafraid to blaze a new trail even if it means losing family friends and her community. Born and bred to be devout Heather based her life around her faith. She attended Brigham Young University served a mission in France and married into Mormon royalty in the temple. But her life as a good Mormon abruptly ended when she lost the marriage and faith that she had once believed would last forever. With writing that is beautiful sad funny and true Heather recounts the difficult discovery of the darkness and damage that often exists behind a picture-perfect life while examining the nuanced relationship between duty to self and duty to God. Exposing secrets she once held sacred Bad Mormon is an unfiltered look at the religion that broke her heart. A revealing and ultimately hopeful memoir Bad Mormon is a captivating read in the vein of Untamed  Educated  and Me Talk Pretty One Day .
language: English
title: Bad Mormon: A Memoir
publisher: Gallery Books