![]() ![]() When I do, the book typically isn’t about the extremes of the Mormon religion. ![]() It’s not often that I read memoirs or non-fiction. ![]() It felt like freedom from her controlling mother and cruel, authoritarian stepfather-but it came with its own disappointments and dysfunctions, and she would soon learn a lesson that would change her life: she can’t look to others to save her she has to save herself.(Goodreads)Īt the very least, Hippie Boy caught me off guard. Her chance came when she was thirteen and took a trip with her divorced dad, traveling throughout the Midwest, selling tools and hanging around with the men on his shady revolving sales crew. What would you do if your stepfather pinned you down and tried to cast Satan out of you? For thirteen-year-old Ingrid, the answer is simple: RUN.įor years Ingrid Ricks yearned to escape the poverty and the suffocating brand of Mormon religion that oppressed her at home. Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story By Ingrid Ricks ISBN# 9780425274002 Author’s Website: ĭiscover the unforgettable New York Times bestselling memoir about growing up in a dysfunctional Mormon family–and finding escape, adventure, and hard-earned wisdom on the road… ![]()
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