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ARC AUDIO BOOK REVIEW: Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

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Publication Date:  September 20, 2022 Format:  Audio Genre:   Memoir Narrators:  Daniella Mestyanek Young Publisher:  Macmillan Audio  Length:  13 hours 49 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Behind the tall, foreboding gates of a commune in Brazil, Daniella Mestyanek Young was raised in the religious cult The Children of God, also known as The Family, as the daughter of high-ranking members. Her great-grandmother donated land for one of The Family’s first communes in Texas. Her mother, at thirteen, was forced to marry the leader and served as his secretary for many years. Beholden to The Family’s strict rules, Daniella suffers physical, emotional, and sexual abuse — masked as godly discipline and divi...