Girl on a wire : walking the line between faith and freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church
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New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2017].
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208 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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It wasn't until Libby Phelps was an adult, a twenty-five year old, that she escaped the Westboro Baptist Church. She is the granddaughter of its founder, Fred Phelps, and when she left, the church and its values were all she'd known. She didn't tell her family she was leaving. It happened in just a few minutes; she ran into her house, grabbed a bag, and fled. No goodbyes. Based in Topeka, Kansas, the Westboro Baptist Church community is one the country's most notorious evangelical groups. Its members are known for their boisterous picketing -- their zealous members with anti-military, anti-Semitic, and anti-gay signs -- "Thank God for Dead Soldiers," "God Hates Jews," or "Thank God for 9/11" -- and their notorious catchphrase "God hates fags." The church makes headlines in news across the country. You've driven past its picketers or seen them on TV. It has seventy members and ninety percent of them are part of Libby's family. They picket concerts, football games, other churches, and, most notoriously, the funerals of servicemen and victims of hate crimes. For its members, to question its rules is to risk going to hell -- where worms eat at your body and fire shoots out of your eyeballs. Libby is candid about her experience and what's happened since her escape. On Anderson Cooper Live, she was confronted by the mother of a soldier whose funeral had been picketed, and had to respond. Despite it all, she cares for her family. Her grandfather's sermons were fear mongering, but she loves him. This memoir presents a rare, inside look into a notorious cult.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Phelps, L., & Stewart, S. (. (2017). Girl on a wire: walking the line between faith and freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church . Skyhorse Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Phelps, Libby and Sara (Writer), Stewart. 2017. Girl On a Wire: Walking the Line between Faith and Freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church. Skyhorse Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Phelps, Libby and Sara (Writer), Stewart. Girl On a Wire: Walking the Line between Faith and Freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church Skyhorse Publishing, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Phelps, Libby., and Sara (Writer) Stewart. Girl On a Wire: Walking the Line between Faith and Freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church Skyhorse Publishing, 2017.

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