A Well-Trained Wife
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\nRecruited into the fundamentalis t Quiverfull movement as a young wife\, Tia Levings learned that being a g ood Christian meant following a list of additional life principles--a seri es of secret\, special rules to obey. Being a godly and submissive wife in Christian Patriarchy included strict discipline\, isolation\, and an alte rnative lifestyle that appeared wholesome to outsiders. Women were to be s ilent\, 'keepers of the home.' Tia knew that to their neighbors her family was strange\, but she also couldn't risk exposing their secret lifestyle to police\, doctors\, teachers\, or anyone outside of their church. Christ ians were called in scripture to be 'in the world\, not of it.' So\, she h id in plain sight as years of abuse and pain followed. When Tia realized s he was the only one who could protect her children from becoming the next generation of patriarchal men and submissive women\, she began to resist a nd question how they lived. But in the patriarchy\, a woman with opinions is in danger\, and eventually\, Tia faced an urgent and extreme choice: st ay and face dire consequences\, or flee with her children. Told in a beaut iful\, honest\, and sometimes harrowing voice\, A Well-Trained Wife is an unforgettable and timely memoir about a woman's race to save herself and h er family and details the ways that extreme views can manifest in a marria ge.
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