pickShari Franke‘s mother is the Utah mommy vlogger who made headlines for child abuse a few years ago. The vlog, 8 Passengers, used content from the family‘s lives, focusing heavily on the children, but Shari says they lived in fear of her mother, who was seldom loving and as the years passed increasingly strict with outrageous demands on the 6 children, including withholding food. I‘m glad Shari spoke out against mining content from children.
Starting this one next for our #Sharreadathon… I was surprised to see it on Everand so soon. I‘ll probably do a deep dive regarding this one online. So sad 😞
Well, my Everand only let me listen to a sample 😩 I‘ll circle back 👌🏻
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pickI‘m a sucker for memoirs about evil mothers. I had an evil step-mother and that was bad enough. But this poor girl‘s mother was really unhinged. It‘s another example of how twisted a person can be by religious fundamentalism, patriarchal poo doo, and narcissism. All praise to Shari Franke for stopping the cycle of hurt people hurting people. #BOTM
pickIt is terrible when parents use their children for fame and income from social media. Shari‘s mom led the family‘s popular YouTube channel and mined every family moment for content. Then her mother fell in with an aspiring Mormon cult leader around Shari‘s departure for college. Four of her siblings still lived at home through the nightmare of her mother‘s descent. (She‘s now in prison.) I respected Shari for leaving her minor sibs out of it, ⬇️
pickThis memoir was a BOTM add-on. I didn‘t choose it but picked up the readily available audio. I‘ve never followed YouTube channels so never knew of the Franke family or the Vlog, 8 Passengers, until reading this book. I wish it were illegal to include minors in reality entertainment. Too often the reality of those minors is so different than what the audience sees. I hope Shari can make a difference for minor children living two realities.
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom | 
