Leo T. reviewed on 10/8/2019 + 1775 more book reviews

The author wandered far from her upbringing, being a stand-up comedian today. These are earnest people that I admired when I was a kid because they are willing to spend a lot of time in public and take a lot of abuse. In the early 1960s there was a brief story in the Los Angeles Times reporting that several had been sentenced (to Siberia) for importing tracts into the USSR.
I was told several times that judgement day would arrive when the WWI generation was gone and that has not happened. As this book has no index, I cannot readily see what explanation the Witnesses offer for that prophecy. It has to do with Armaggedon and the devil coming to the Earth in 1914.
Ms. Abrahams does completely share details of this lifestyle and her people. I found the few pages that I read to be mostly depressing, but that is just me. Chapter 14 on her experiences in calling on homes in the assigned territory was excellent since we all experience such calls. Ms. Abrahams tells her story well. Reading the glossary offers a good overview.
No index and thus my rating is reduced by one star.

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