{"title":"Flor Edwards","description":"\u003cp\u003eFLOR EDWARDS is the author of \u003cem\u003eApocalypse Child: A Life in End Times\u003c\/em\u003e, a memoir drawing on her experience as a member of the Children of God, a religious movement widely described as an apocalyptic cult, in which she lived in 24 locations across three continents before the age of thirteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwards holds a BA in Print Journalism from California State University, Fullerton and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside. She has taught writing at UC Riverside and Santa Monica College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlor lives in Los Angeles, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlor Edwards’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"apocalypse-child-a-life-in-end-times","title":"Apocalypse Child: A Life in End Times","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A smart debut.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e―Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A riveting read.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e―Readers' Favorites Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A slim, concise, compulsively readable memoir.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e―Ingram Publishing\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A wrenching testimony about a complicated childhood reclaimed.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e―Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"An impressive religious memoir\u003c\/b\u003e―\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecandid and inspiring without being sensationalistic or self-pitying.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e―Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor the first thirteen years of her life, Flor Edwards grew up in the Children of God. The group's nomadic existence was based on the belief that, as God's chosen people, they would be saved in the impending apocalypse that would envelop the rest of the world in 1993. Flor would be thirteen years old. The group's charismatic leader, Father David, kept the family on the move, from Los Angeles to Bangkok to Chicago, where they would eventually disband, leaving Flor to make sense of the foreign world of mainstream society around her. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eApocalypse Child\u003c\/i\u003e is a cathartic journey through Flor's memories of growing up within a group with unconventional views on education, religion, and sex. Whimsically referring to herself as a real life Kimmy Schmidt, Edwards's clear-eyed memoir is a story of survival in a childhood lived on the fringes.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1683367685\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781683367680\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Flor Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41810760335547,"sku":"9781683367680","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41810760368315,"sku":"9781683367697","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/91TmVz1G_GL_mockup_v2_1633113578_3bc9912e-5bf3-4852-aa2e-d5013d3c911d.jpg?v=1790978987"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-flor-edwards.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}