Leaving the Saints

Author(s): Martha Beck

Biography & Memoir

Bestselling author Martha Beck chronicles her difficult decision to leave behind her Mormon childhood and upbringing, and reveals her lifetime struggle to overcome a dark secret buried in her childhood.

While growing up within the Mormon Church, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church

General Information

  • : 9780749950798
  • : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
  • : piakus
  • : 0.502
  • : 28 April 2005
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Martha Beck
  • : Paperback
  • : export ed
  • : 320

More About The Product

One of the bravest, most achingly honest books I've read in years.' Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of Anger. 'Leaving the Saints is a brave book. Martha Beck shares her journey out of religion and into faith and healing with heartbreaking candor, softened by wit and uplifted by a deep spiritual longing.' Sharon Salzberg, author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience

Life coach Martha Beck writes a monthly column, 'Beck on Call,' for O: The Oprah Magazine, and appears regularly on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She teaches North Star workshops based on her bestselling Finding Your Own North Star, has a life coach certificate programme.