A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts

""For anyone trying to make sense of their journey through the confusing maze of religious abuse recovery, Katherine's treatment of this topic is authentic, courageous, original, clear, humorous and deeply true."" Connie A. Baker, MA, LPC ""For everyone who's ever taken a chance-or wanted to take a chance-on escaping the constraints of high-control religion, A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts will validate and fortify you."" Christa Brown, author of Baptistland ""A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts lays bare the thin, often invisible line between growing up in a cult and simply being raised 'a devout Christian' in America."" Mattie Jo Cowsert, author of God, Sex, and Rich People ""Katherine Spearing's A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts is a vital, personal guide for survivors of spiritual abuse."" Sarah Edmondson, author of Scarred and host A Little Bit Culty Podcast ""With haunting prose, Spearing tells of the ways that spiritual abuse continues to find many of us in the dark. For all its probing of white evangelicalism's dark heart, this is a soulful book."" Audrey Clare Farley, author of Girls and Their Monsters ""With her years of experience working with and advocating for survivors, Katherine Spearing is an important voice on the issue of spiritual abuse in the American evangelical church."" Cait West, author of Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy