Faiths and Feminisms: As the Sycamore Grows: A Narrative of Escaping Abuse

Start: Oct 19 2010 19:30

End: Oct 19 2010 21:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

In honor of Domestic Violence Prevention Month join us in welcoming Jennie Helderman, author of As the Sycamore Grows, a non-fiction narrative detailing a woman’s descent into poverty and abuse at the hands of three ice-hearted and controlling men: her stern, self-righteous, father; her vengeful, bad-boy first husband; and her bible-toting, pistol-packing second husband. Sycamore also deals with religious abuse of women. Ginger was
brought up in a very strict Christian household, blindly following teachings that helped her
attract a batterer. Ginger’s second husband, Mike, grew a Moses beard and learned how
religion could be a tool for cruelty and control.It also chronicles her challenging steps to recovery, resulting in her graduating from college and becoming a court advocate for battered women in the shelter to which she had previously escaped.