Do you live in the Orlando, Florida, area? If so, have you heard about these free and open-to-the-public events?
Winter Park Public Library
Saturday, March 10. Scheduled activities from 10:00 am – 4:00 – Winter Park Public Library Book Festival
11:00 am – noon. Because I self-published Undertow, I’ve been invited to participate on a panel – “Publishing: Traditional, Self, or Electronic. Which is Write for You?”
Rollins College
Wednesday, March 21 – Rollins College
“How I Was Seduced into a Cult.” Book talk, Q&A, book signing. Two times, different venues.
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm – Rollins College, Knowles Chapel
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Rollins College, Suntrust Auditorium in Crummer Hall
More details are on this website’s Events page.
Why Undertow matters
Each year about 50,000 to 100,000 people enter or leave high-control groups often called “cults” (data: The International Cultic Studies Association). Movies like Going Clear and The Path have captured the nation’s attention. Undertow is a true, very personal story about cult recruitment and fear-based manipulation. The fundamentalist mindset, espousing certainty about God and the meaning of the Bible, causes untold divisions in families and communities. Undertow shows this pain from an insider’s perspective and that healing is possible.
A taste of Undertow
“I gulped down Doug’s words without doing any critical thinking, not pressing him to prove what he said. He was so sincere that I clung to his assertions, like ‘believing equals receiving,’ as if they were heaven-sent.”
CHARLENE L. EDGE spent 17 years in The Way (1970–1987). Later she earned a B.A. in English from Rollins College and worked for more than a decade as writer in the software industry. She is a published poet and essayist and a member of the Florida Writers Association, the Authors Guild, and the International Cultic Studies Association. She lives in Florida with her husband, Dr. Hoyt L. Edge. She blogs at: https://charleneedge.com
Billy Williams
Nice to see you and Undertow are still going strong! However you published it, you must have chosen the best method.