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Uncultured : a Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young; Brandi Larsen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A Buzzfeed Best Book of September In the vein of Educated and The Glass Castle, Daniella Mestyanek Young's Uncultured is more than a memoir about an exceptional upbringing, but about a woman who, no matter the lack of tools given to her, is determined to overcome. 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 divine love—and is forbidden from getting a traditional education. At fifteen years old, fed up with The Family and determined to build a better and freer life for herself, Daniella escapes to Texas. There, she bravely enrolls herself in high school and excels, later graduating as valedictorian of her college class, then electing to join the military to begin a career as an intelligence officer, where she believes she

Who reads Uncultured : a Memoir?

Author

Daniella Mestyanek Young; Brandi Larsen

Publisher

St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781250280114

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Biography, Tragic Life Stories

Rating

4.6 / 5 (431 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14