{"product_id":"mama-said-a-daughters-escape-from-the-alamo-christian-foundation-9781621907305","title":"Mama Said: A Daughter's Escape from the Alamo Christian Foundation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are many books on the cult phenomenon that bloomed in the wake of the social upheaval of the 1960s, and many discuss the abuses of cult leaders; the physical, mental, and emotional challenges of breaking free; and the lived experiences of those who manage to leave and begin to heal. With \u003ci\u003eMama Said: A Daughter's Escape from the Alamo Christian Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e, we get a unique angle--what the daughter of a cult leader could see from the inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristhiaon Coie grew up \"Little Susie,\" the daughter of Susan Alamo and stepdaughter of Tony Alamo, founders of the Alamo Christian Foundation. Coie continued to embrace the faith as she got older, but she was not a little girl anymore and began to realize that people don't go to church and leave with the offering. She did not embrace the \"faith\" her mother was peddling, and she saw the financial grift that exploited the vulnerable followers. This is a story about the complex, unremitting relationship between a daughter and her abusive mother. Coie shares insight into Susan Alamo before her foundation days and reveals what it was like to grow up as her daughter between the 1950s and early 1970s. Across thirty-six chapters, she chronicles life within the Alamo cult and the twisted mother-daughter dynamic that persisted through it all. As Coie's story unfolds, we see Little Susie transform into Christhiaon, navigating a manipulative mother and the distorted biblical teachings enlisted to her cause. \u003cbr\u003e ​ \u003cbr\u003e With a foreword from noted Alamo cult historian Debby Schriver, Coie's gritty memoir is a true survivor story. What she survived, however, was not the cult only but the cruel double bind of what \"mama said.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Univ Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621907305","brand":"Christhiaon Coie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132496220341,"sku":"9781621907305","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_550fde08-4e00-4864-b472-28ff0f6faff2.jpg?v=1652813838","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mama-said-a-daughters-escape-from-the-alamo-christian-foundation-9781621907305","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}