![]() There, she bravely enrolled herself in high school and excelled, later graduating as valedictorian of her college class, then electing to join the military to begin a career as a military intelligence officer. At fifteen years old, fed up with The Family and determined to build a better and freer life for herself, Daniella escaped to Texas. From a young age, Daniella suffered from physical, emotional, and sexual abuse-masked as religious discipline and divine love-and was forbidden from getting a traditional education. ![]() Told in a beautiful, propulsive voice and with clear-eyed honesty, Uncultured first takes us behind the tall gates of a commune in Brazil, where Daniella Mestyanek Young was raised in the religious cult The Children of God, also known as The Family. ![]() ![]() In the vein of Tara Westover's Educated, Daniella Mestyanek's memoir is a searing and powerful testament to a woman's ability to transform the circumstances of her life through inner strength and resilience. ![]()
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