Berlin Public Library

Bad Mormon, a memoir, Heather Gay

eng

autobiography

platesillustrations

no index present

non fiction

Bad Mormon

1352247934

Heather Gay

a memoir

"The funny, brash, and vulnerable memoir from the star of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City bravely explores her leaving the Mormon Church and her journey to success in business, television, and single motherhood. Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is known to dish God's honest truth. Whether as a businesswoman, mother, or television personality, Heather is unafraid to blaze a new trail, even if it means losing family, friends, and even her church. A born and bred Mormon, Heather did everything that was expected of her and then some. From an eighteen-month mission to attending Brigham Young University and marrying into church royalty, Heather was the ultimate good Mormon. But her seemingly perfect life was upended when her husband unexpectedly filed for divorce and she suddenly found herself struggling to find healing after heartbreak and accomplishment after abandonment. Now, with her signature witty, compassionate, and charming voice, Heather recounts her difficult but rewarding experiences navigating life post-divorce and post-Mormonism. She explores the challenges of raising strong women despite feeling broken and teases out the complicated relationship between duty to self and duty to God. An honest, witty, and ultimately healing memoir, Bad Mormon is an unputdownable read in the vein of Unveiling Grace, What Remains, and One Day You'll Thank Me"--, Provided by publisher

Prologue -- Bad daughter. Feels like home ; Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto ; Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies ; I'm a puzzle, I must figure out where all my pieces fit ; Nightswimming ; Rise and shout, the cougars are out ; Your life, little girl, is an empty page -- Bad missionary. Love is a temple ; Called to serve Him, heavenly king of glory ; Le chaleur humaine ; I got so high that I saw Jesus ; My heart will go on -- Bad wife. Lost on you ; Secure yourself to Heaven ; God gave me you ; Which part is mine? ; I'm harboring a fugitive, defector of a kind ; Somewhere that's green ; Put your shoulder to the wheel, push along ; If you loved me, why'd you leave me -- Bad Mormon. I can breathe for the first time ; There must be fifty ways to leave your lover ; The hill I'm walking up is getting good and steep ; Looking for Heaven, found the devil in me ; In my life, I love you more -- Bad ass. All of these lines across my face ; Only girl (in the world) ; A diva is a female version of a hustla ; Started from the bottom, now we're here ; I think life chose me after all -- Epilogue