![]() ![]() The family is well-dressed, well-fed, well-mannered. To onlookers, the Greenhouse family is “normal”: The children attend school, birthday parties, sleepovers, summer camp. Greenhouse explains to us and tries to understand herself, first through a child’s eyes, and then as a young woman, why her own parents - both educated and intelligent - not only condoned the tenets of the religion, but dedicated their lives, and the lives of their three children, to its practice. ![]() Like many, I had heard that Christian Scientists do not believe in medicine they do not visit doctors or take any prescriptions, even over-the-counter pain relievers. I had not, however, read anything - fiction or non - involving Christian Science, until “fathermothergod,” Lucia Greenhouse’s very painful and very personal account of growing up within this lesser-known faith. In Geraldine Brooks’ “People of the Book,” we are taken on a journey in search of a rare book of Judaism. Barbara Kingsolver’s “The Poisonwood Bible” tells the story of a Baptist preacher and his family spreading the word in the Congo jungle. Anne Lamott’s “Traveling Mercies” and “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith” explore Christianity. In “Secret Ceremonies,” Deborah Laake tries to makes sense of herself and her Mormon faith. I’ve read many books about people finding themselves through religion or breaking free from their religious upbringing. ![]()
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