A Well-Trained Wife

A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy By Tia Levings

An unforgettable and timely New York Times bestselling memoir detailing a woman's harrowing race to save herself and her children from the confines of an abusive religious movement. Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a godly, submissive wife meant following a strict, secret set of rules that enforced isolation, submission, and control. Hidden in plain sight, she endured years of domestic and spiritual trauma before finding the courage to question her reality, dismantle her internalized beliefs, and plot an urgent escape toward freedom and healing.

Hardcover. 304 pages.