My Life in Hell… and how I got out

"I was born, raised and lived in a Jehovah's Witness family for forty-two years. In 2009, I left with my ten-year-old daughter. For many years, I didn't see my parents, my brother or my son again. The experience left a deep impression on me." Lucid and often funny despite the dilemmas she faces, Sophie Grimbert describes her inner struggle between the little soldier of God she was taught to be and the free woman she always dreamed of becoming.
At a time when "new religions" are gaining ground, this hopeful book is both a demonstration of the strategies developed by fundamentalist movements and an indispensable instruction manual for anyone hoping to escape them. Sophie Grimbert has rebuilt her life and resumed her studies. She is now a civil servant in a government department. After twelve years apart, she has seen her son again, who recently decided to stop being a Jehovah's Witness.