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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Heart-wrenchingly personal...dizzying.” —Rolling Stone
From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog—now the subject of a new Hulu docuseries—and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of…
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2 authors picked The House of My Mother as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
My Mother's House was one of the best books I've ever read. It was sensational. Ruby Franke was the social influencer, who created a million plus subscriber YouTube page, called Eight Passengers, which detailed the life of her six children and she and her husband. She was known as a very strict and punitive mother. It all turned bad when she met a closet lesbian, who seduced her into an affair and then compelled her to move in with her. From there, it went from bad to worse, when Jodi Hildebrand and Ruby began abusing her two youngest children by…
A good book tells the truth—and that’s what Shari Franke did here. I often wondered what went on behind the scenes of ‘perfect’ families. I read this book in two sittings; I couldn’t put it down because Shari told everything about the 8 Passengers family.
It was interesting to get inside the head of the oldest daughter of this infamous family and see where she’s at now. I love that Shari is now petitioning the courts to give rights to the children of family vlogs whose lives are exposed for the world to see.
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