Book Club: The Dirt Beneath Our Door: Freedom after Escaping a Polygamous Cult

Join us for a craft-focused conversation about The Dirt Beneath Our Door: My Journey to Freedom After Escaping a Polygamous Mormon Cult, a powerful memoir co-written by Pamela Jones and Elizabeth Ridley.

In the Memoir Mentors Book Club, we explore memoirs through a writer’s lens. We go beyond the surface of the stories. We dissect memoirs, identifying elements we can integrate into our own writing and those we might want to steer clear of. Our discussions center around the strengths and weaknesses of the writing, providing valuable insights for enriching our writer toolboxes.

Book club questions can be found here (When I get around to posting them): https://memoirmentors.com/book-club-questions/

Live Author Q&A on March 29!
I'm thrilled to announce that both Pamela and Elizabeth will be joining us for a special Q&A session. Join here:
https://www.meetup.com/memoir-mentors/events/311270122/

Come to the book club ready to share your thoughts, reactions, and questions (even if you haven't read the book). We’ll gather those to shape the conversation with the authors.

About the book:
Pamela Jones had sixty-one siblings, five sister wives, nine children, and one carefully hidden dream: to escape the violent, fundamentalist Mormon cult that had kept her perpetually pregnant, broken, and brutalized for 34 years. With a daring escape, she gained her freedom, but with less than a fifth-grade education and 9 mouths to feed, her journey had just begun. A remarkable and inspirational true story, this book is not only a testament to a mother's resilience and grit, but an epic and harrowing tale of finding freedom, believing in yourself, and achieving your dreams.