Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing

Searing and extremely personal essays from the heart of working-class America, shot through with the darkest elements the country can manifest — cults, homelessness, and hunger — while discovering light and humor in unexpected corners.As an adult, Lauren Hough has had many identities: an airman in the U.S. Air Force, a cable guy, a bouncer at a gay club. As a child, however, she had none. Growing up as a member of the infamous cult The Children of God, Hough had her own self robbed from her. The