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Comment on Faking Faith News and Theme Song! by TayRamsey

TayRamsey — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:12:00 +0000

Are you going to make a sequal? I really want to find out what happened to Dylan, Asher, and Abigail.

Comment on Faking Faith News and Theme Song! by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:09:00 +0000

pretty pretty please, just created an account to make sure i kept up on this site

Comment on Faking Faith News and Theme Song! by Hunnibee2003

Hunnibee2003 — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:04:00 +0000

i agree please let there be a sequel…. where you left off gives it such an opening for a sequel, it can be called Finding Faith or Discovering Dylan… i want to know what happens with Abigail and Beau and Dylan and Asher

Comment on Behind Faking Faith by Brittany

Brittany — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:53:00 +0000

Josie, I just finished your book today! I loved it! Though I didn’t grow up in a family like Abigail’s, I can relate on several levels to her character and family as I was homeschooled in a conservative Christian setting and we primarily interacted with other homeschoolers who were like us; my family, though conservatively Christian, was not as controlling or paternalistic as the Deans. I am now surprisingly “normal” (whatever that means!) married to a “public school” guy and we have two kids. Despite being taught that a woman’s highest calling is to be a wife and a mother, I now have a masters degree in English and a job as a professor at a University (though I love being a wife and mom too). Thanks for a great read and a fair and compassionate look at two completely different cultures and belief systems.

Comment on Behind Faking Faith by Mrs. Chupchake

Mrs. Chupchake — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:36:00 +0000

Our library sytem just acquired a copy of Faking Faith. I sneaked it home to read it before it was even cataloged. Very true to life in my humble opinion. I was on the periphery of fundamentalist faith in my early 20′s.

Comment on Faking Faith News and Theme Song! by Sukanya Anya Bee.

Sukanya Anya Bee. — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:20:00 +0000

Is there going to be a sequel to “Faking Faith”? Please do reply, I’m dying of suspense!

Comment on Behind Faking Faith by Fred LeBaron

Fred LeBaron — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:57:00 +0000

Interesting. You know, I wouldn’t find it all so troubling if it were, in fact, girls making an informed choice to live this way – some people choose to live similarly (as far as the do-it/make-it yourself parts, anyway) based on non-religious communitarian ideals, too. What makes it so sad is the coercive element (whether by actual compulsion, or some sort of brainwashing) that repudiates the whole notion that choice is an appropriate value for anyone other than the patriarch and his successor. And somehow these kinds of communities always seem to end up having an element of exploitation/abuse of young women by older men. Anyway, I thought you did a great job with showing how Abigail (and Asher, too, really) struggled with the tension between what they believed (or wanted to believe they believed)and what they felt. Your book is one that sticks in your thoughts, as do Dylan and Abigail, and maybe that kind of tension is part of why. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and research here and on The Contemps (love that blog!), it makes the reading experience even more memorable.

Comment on Happy Birthday, Faith! by Jeanette

Jeanette — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:40:00 +0000

Thanks so much Josie! Good luck in your writing career!

Comment on Outlandishness by Homeschooling Secrets…From the Inside-Part 1 « Antigone's Clamor

Homeschooling Secrets…From the Inside-Part 1 « Antigone's Clamor — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:18:10 +0000

[...] night, I read Josie Bloss’s Faking Faith and couldn’t put it down! Here is a review of the book that’s pretty accurate. I didn’t run in these circles, but [...]

Comment on Happy Birthday, Faith! by Josie Bloss

Josie Bloss — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:53:00 +0000

Thanks again, Fred!

Jeanette, I’m so glad you liked it! You can find a forum that discusses many bloggers from that culture if you google “free jinger” (the name of the forum refers to one of the Duggar girls)