❌ + 📚The Good Books: Tia Levings, author of A Well-Trained Wife

Tia Levings joins the show to discuss her memoir

❌ + 📚The Good Books: Tia Levings, author of A Well-Trained Wife

On the latest episode of Exvangelical, I spoke to , author of the memoir A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy. You may know Tia from the Amazon docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, or from her newsletter, .

Her memoir is visceral and powerful, and just joined the bestseller list.

Content warning: Tia's story is a survivor story and includes aspects of trauma and abuse.

Please note that Descript (my editing software) was over-zealous in removing "filler words" so while I usually remove my "ums" as much as possible, I had to publish this episode with them intact.


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