I'm Perfect, You're Doomed : Tales from a Jehovah's Witness Upbringing

from mhleigh

Kyria Abrahams grows up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in a Jehovah's Witness household. Since Kyria fears death at Armageddon desperately, as a young child, she works very hard to be good. Good enough to impress the elders with her ability to quote the correct Watchtower segment at the appropriate ...

from Justjenniferreading

Kyria Abrahams was born and raised as a Jehovah's Witness. For anyone familiar with the religion, her upbringing was fairly normal. She was not allowed to celebrate birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, or any other holiday. She was also raised "knowing" that Christ's new way of things was on it's ...

from Sandydog1

First, everything written in all the reviews here, from the 1 star reviews to the 5, are accurate. Now, to avoid the dreaded LT blue flag I guess I have to opine. I really, really enjoyed this book. It's like a fluffy, wry HBO comedy, except, with a solid tinge of sadness, reality..

from tamarakraft

I just read in a review below that the author is a stand-up comedian. That puts it all together for me- she must be a good one. The way this story reads is punchy and bright. Every paragraph holds delightful wit and a twisty angle. I caught myself re-reading sentences because I loved their rythm ...

from tealightful

The first 100 pages or so are the most interesting, in my opinion. They cover her childhood as a Jehovah's Witness. After that, the memoir is more just about her making really bad decisions involving drugs, alcohol, cutting and getting away with be a drain on society. She doesn't really appear to...