In Fleeing Fundamentalism, Cross looks back at the life that led her to marry a charismatic young man, handsome and articulate, who appeared destined for greatness as a minister within the fundamentalist church. Their marriage, which began with great hope and promise, started to crumble when she realized that her husband had fallen victim to the same demons that had plagued his youth. When efforts to hold their family together failed, she left the church and the marriage, despite the condemnation of the congregation and the anger of many she had considered friends. She took her three children and started a whole new life, getting a job as a waitress so she could go to college and get a true education.  What she saw and experienced in the “real world” was a revelation, as she came to understand just how wrong-headed and destructive the teachings and the beliefs of the Fundamentalist church and the Religious Right can be.

Here is an eloquent and compelling story of faith lost and regained. Certain to be controversial, it is also a brave and hopeful plea for greater tolerance and understanding.