Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- PART I: LIFE IN A CULT: Imagination -- Birth -- Fear & Curiosity -- Roots -- Outside life -- Becoming Cinderella -- Discoveries -- A new city -- The little ones -- Anger -- Imprisonment -- Darkness -- Finding hope -- Building a brand -- Wake-up call -- A man -- Escape -- PART II: THE MAKING OF SUCCESS: The Journey -- My best friend -- Adjusting -- Instinct -- Grief -- Faith -- Getting hitched -- Entrepreneurs together -- Mompreneur -- Catastrophe -- Success -- APPENDIXES: My daily schedule in Dad's house -- Excerpt from my "Humiliation Day" Journal -- Sin record -- "My Journal" kept in Dad's house -- My escape letter -- Pictures.
Summary:
"WOMAN RISING chronicles one woman's true, unbelievable history of childhood imprisonment, physical abuse, and spiritual assault. But like its narrator, the story refuses to stop there. Quietly building a successful writing business while under the oppression of her father's cult, Julia also built an escape route. Once free of her father's shackles, Julia worked tirelessly to build her business--and was blessed with a family of her own. At just twenty-six, a mere five years out of the cult, Julia and her multi-million-dollar content writing agency was featured in Forbes. It wasn't all a walk in the park, however. Betrayals threatened all she'd earned. Amid the battles, Julia was able to find shelter in a Father who was vastly different than the one under which she'd suffered. Follow the author on an incredible journey. Experience the painful, tragic story of her upbringing in the house of religious extremists as her parents carefully hid the abuses from public eye. Feel her passion and energy as she pursues bold, lucrative ideas to make money doing what she loves with uncompromising authenticity."--Back cover
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