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Mama said : a daughter's escape from the Alamo Christian Foundation / Christhiaon Coie with Rob Schriver.
Van Pelt Library BP605.T66 C65 2022
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coie, Christhiaon, author.
- Schriver, Rob, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cults--United States.
- Cults.
- Coie, Christhiaon.
- Alamo, Susan, -1982.
- Alamo, Susan.
- Alamo, Tony, 1934-2017.
- Alamo, Tony.
- Tony Alamo Christian Ministries--History.
- Tony Alamo Christian Ministries.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 259 pages, [14] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "This book provides a firsthand account of Christhiaon Coie's relationship with the Alamo Christian Foundation and particularly her mother, Susan Alamo. It sheds light on the early years of the group as a noteworthy type of new religious movement growing out of the social turmoil of the late 1960s. Even as a young person, Coie rarely came under the sway of Susan and Tony, and she could spot a grift when she saw one. Consequently, her relationship with her mother and stepfather became fraught and dangerous for her, as she was difficult to control and, in Susan and Tony's eyes, had the makings of a whistleblower on the business of the church. The memoir focuses fairly closely on the years up to Susan Alamo's death and the harrowing events that occur shortly after"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Summer of '53
- LA in '57
- Roaring '50s
- More Responsible
- Nothing Came in an Unmarked Can
- Sollie Lippo
- Train Wreck
- -Minus the Train
- First Love
- Discovered and Undiscovered in 48 hours
- The Back of Aldo's
- Always on Duty, Always in Charge
- "Fuck Me" Pumps
- Change Girl Needs Change
- Rape
- Defiled
- Reconnected
- Galley Girl/Deckhand
- Not in "Now Voyager"
- Solitary in Juvy
- Learning to Be a Mom
- Ed
- Beginning of the Foundation
- Baby Christians
- December 5, 1969, 8:05 p.m.
- Mother and Children
- Surprises
- That Day My Telephone Was My Lifeline and Went from Friend to Enemy in a Blink
- The Police Came Back
- Scrambling
- Informal Deprogramming
- Dream
- I Knew the Punch Line to a Bad Joke That Was about to Happen
- Tacky Jackets
- Dragging Her Around Again
- I Try to Get Out and They Drag Me Back Again
- The Courthouse.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Coie, Christhiaon. Mama said
- ISBN:
- 9781621907305
- 1621907309
- OCLC:
- 1309027010
- Publisher Number:
- 99991320998
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