By Marion Field
Highland Books. 255 pages. £5.99
ISBN 1 897913 28 1
This true account reads like a novel and makes compelling but shocking reading.
The book seems to expose the pressures forced on members of the authoritarian and secretive Exclusive Brethren led by the late James Taylor Junior. The narrative traces 'Sarah's' life from the age of 13, when she personally experiences the psychological cruelty of the leadership, until she breaks free from the sect, aged 19. One gets a sense of the loyalty 'Sarah' has for her family and her fear of the consequences to them and to herself should she leave the 'Brethren'. The wonder of 'Sarah's' discovery that there are other Christians 'out there' will ring true with many ex-Exclusives.
