Eight memoirs exploring the damage of purity culture

K. W. Colyard grew up weird in a one-caution-light town in the Appalachian foothills. She now lives in an old textile city with her husband and their clowder of cats.

At Book Riot Colyard tagged "eight memoirs exploring the damage of purity culture." One title on the list:

Wayward: A Memoir of Spiritual Warfare and Sexual Purity by Alice Greczyn

This memoir describes a childhood of homelessness, followed by her parents’ decision to pull up stakes and trust in the Lord to provide for them and their five children. Here, Sex Drive actress Alice Greczyn recounts the damage her Evangelical upbringing caused, beginning with her suicidal ideations at age 13.

Read about the other memoirs on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue