| Edition |
First Gallery Books hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xii, 287 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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 at the isolation of her family, friends, and church. Heather was born and bred Mormon. Growing up in Utah, not even the snow-capped mountains could draw attention from the state's most prominent resident: the Mormon Church. Between attending orthodox services, embarking on an eighteen-month mission, attending Brigham Young University, and marrying into a "royal" family, Heather was the definition of a "good Mormon." However, when the doting wife's husband unexpectedly filed for divorce, she was left out in the cold by her church and her community. In this funny, brash, and unbelievably vulnerable book, Bad Mormon recounts Heather's experiences as a single mother to three girls, navigating life post-divorce and post-Mormonism. It follows Heather's early days as a young girl in the church, through to her disavowal of the Mormon faith and success in both business and television. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star documents the challenges of raising strong women despite feeling broken, and teases out the complicated relationship between duty to self and duty to God. Bad Mormon works to reconcile cultural and religious beliefs, with shifting ideologies about the world and its inhabitants. And Heather is its charming narrator. Hers is a story of honesty and transparency in a community where skeletons line the closets. Heather Gay is anything but shy, and it shows in her work. It's a story about finding healing after heartbreak and accomplishment after abandonment-from a woman unafraid of holding anything back"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Gay, Heather.
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Ex-church members -- Mormon Church -- Biography.
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Divorced women -- United States -- Biography.
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Women television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
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Latter Day Saints -- United States.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous.
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SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (OCoLC)fst00549691
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Divorced women. (OCoLC)fst00895945
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Ex-church members -- Mormon Church.
(OCoLC)fst02023899
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Mormons. (OCoLC)fst01026314
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Women television personalities. (OCoLC)fst01178613
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Gay, Heather. Bad Mormon New York : Gallery Books, 2023 9781982199555 (DLC) 2022044359 |
| ISBN |
9781982199531 (hardcover) |
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1982199539 (hardcover) |
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9781982199548 (paperback) |
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1982199547 (paperback) |
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