Growing Up In Mama's Club: A Childhood Perspective of Jehovah's Witnesses

Richard E. Kelly's book, Growing Up In Mama's Club - A Childhood Perspective of Jehovah's Witnesses is a well-written and compelling story told from a child's point of view. While most books about cults are written by theologians or angry ex-members, this book engages the reader by using dialogue and humor to make the scenes and characters come alive. This prompted one reader to write the author saying, "I received your book yesterday and finished it today. What a great read! I feel like I know you.".........While much has been written to discredit Jehovah's Witnesses' theological interpretation of the Bible, this story draws on the experiences and insights of a young boy as he transitions to manhood and tries to make sense of a mother he loves and a world in which he's rendered powerless. ...............This story provides interesting information about Jehovah's Witnesses and the boy's reaction to living under the "rule of truth." It should prompt readers to rethink the influences that underlie their childhood. And then, perhaps, to consider that a full life is created not by what happened to them, but by how they make sense of events over which they had no control..........