{"product_id":"hometown-betrayal-a-tragic-story-of-secrecy-and-sexual-abuse-in-mormon-country-9798886452488","title":"Hometown Betrayal: A Tragic Story of Secrecy and Sexual Abuse in Mormon Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo one believed it could happen in their town. But it did.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Valarie Clark Miller seemed to have it all. Smart and beautiful with a wealthy, successful husband and growing family, Valarie appeared to be the picture-perfect Mormon wife. But it was all a fa?ade. Inside, she was crumbling from the pressures of long-repressed memories of a childhood filled with sexual and physical abuse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHometown Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, author Emily Benedek brings you behind the closed doors of the remote Mormon community of Clarkston, Utah. With the help of hundreds of individual stories, she pieces together not only what happened to Valarie, but also the conditions and culture that allowed it. \u003ci\u003eHometown Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e culminates in an account of the Miller family's fight to hold accountable the men--including the local cop-- who abused Valarie and controlled the systems designed to look the other way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Emily Benedek grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard College. Her stories and essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ethe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e and on NPR, among others. She is the author of three nonfiction books: \u003ci\u003eThe Wind Won't Know Me: A History of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Four Corners of the World: A Navajo Woman's Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Unknown, Remembered Gate: A Spiritual Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, and two thrillers: \u003ci\u003eRed Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIranian Rhapsody\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Greenleaf Book Group Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875323384082,"sku":"9798886452488","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5d134509-dabe-4fbb-8c98-85ef5714ca4b.jpg?v=1738285206","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hometown-betrayal-a-tragic-story-of-secrecy-and-sexual-abuse-in-mormon-country-9798886452488","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}