Three Cups of Deceit

Three Cups of Deceit

Rating:  Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way, by Jon Krakauer. Anchor (2011) 96 pages. Vindication!  I read Three Cups of Tea a couple of years ago, well before the scandal broke (via the April 17 episode of 60 Minutes),...
The Rapture of Canaan

The Rapture of Canaan

(This review first appeared in December 2002) Rating:  The Rapture of Canaan, by Sheri Reynolds.  Berkley Books (1995), 320 pages. Who doesn’t love a good story about a young girl growing up in a religious cult in the backwoods of the Southern U.S.? In this...
Cartwheels in a Sari

Cartwheels in a Sari

Rating:  Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult, by Jayanti Tamm.  Harmony Books (2009), 288 pages. In the memoir category, stories of being brought up in a cult are hard to beat.  The craziness surpasses anything one would find in a really good,...