{"title":"Tia Levings","description":"\u003cp\u003eTia Levings’ works explore the intimate journey of self-discovery and personal empowerment. Combining candid memoir with thoughtful reflection, her writing invites readers to consider what it means to define oneself beyond societal expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough deeply personal stories and insightful guidance, her books offer compassionate support for navigating challenges and embracing authenticity. Readers can expect heartfelt narratives that inspire growth and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-well-trained-wife-by-tia-levings-9781250898050","title":"A Well-Trained Wife","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a good Christian meant following a list of additional life principles—a series of secret, special rules to obey. Being a godly and submissive wife in Christian Patriarchy included strict discipline, isolation, and an alternative lifestyle that appeared wholesome to outsiders. Women were to be silent, \"keepers of the home.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTia knew that to their neighbours her family was strange, but she also couldn't risk exposing their secret lifestyle to police, doctors, teachers, or anyone outside of their church. Christians were called in scripture to be \"in the world, not of it.\" So, she hid in plain sight as years of abuse and pain followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Tia realised she was the only one who could protect her children from becoming the next generation of patriarchal men and submissive women, she began to resist and question how they lived. But in the patriarchy, a woman with opinions is in danger, and eventually, Tia faced an urgent and extreme choice: stay and face dire consequences, or flee with her children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTold in a beautiful and honest voice, \u003cem\u003eA Well-Trained Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable and timely memoir about a woman's race to save herself and her family and details the ways that extreme views can manifest in a marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47550233280748,"sku":"9781250898050","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250898050-a-well-trained-wife.jpg?v=1776800527"},{"product_id":"i-belong-to-me-by-tia-levings-9781250374271","title":"I Belong to Me","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to heal from trauma caused by the people, beliefs, and practices of your faith?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIndoctrinated from early childhood to obey, conform, and want what others wanted for her, Tia Levings learned love and acceptance meant being someone other than herself. After years of abuse in a violent marriage and high-control religion, Tia Levings escaped with her children (a story told in her memoir, \u003cem\u003eA Well-Trained Wife\u003c\/em\u003e) and thought the hardest was behind her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut that was just the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith an audacious persistence to reclaim her life, Tia set off on a 15-year path to psychological peace. The result is an emotionally regulated, actualised, self-aware woman who is able to tell her harrowing story without retraumatising herself — a woman who can reach back to help others claim what's theirs. If trauma took your past, it shouldn't get your present and future too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough a series of personal stories, therapeutic stages, and resources, Tia Levings guides readers through the journey that helped her leave abuse, rediscover selfhood, and heal her mind, soul, and body after religious trauma — so that you can too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47666781782252,"sku":"9781250374271","price":69.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250374271-i-belong-to-me.jpg?v=1779782519"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/tia-levings.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}