Worldly Girls by Tamara Jong

Worldly Girls by Tamara Jong

Worldly Girls by Tamara Jong is a skillfully written memoir about the foray she and her mother made into the Jehovah’s Witness religion, and her ultimate coming of age journey. The first-person narrative is both raw and vulnerable, as memories and reflections are shared in twenty short, powerful essays. Headings intrigue with titles such as: Triptych, What We Get to Keep; Cataloguing Grief; Tell Me a Ghost Story; and Leave-Taking. As a sorting s…