Memoir · Reconciliation
Swindled by Faith
A personal journey through belief, authority, control, survival, and the difficult work of understanding the past without allowing it to control the future.
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Paperback ISBN: 9780228815082
About the book
A childhood shaped by belief. A life reclaimed.
At ten years old, Richard Kiers entered a religious movement known as the Move of God. Two years later, his family moved to an isolated communal farm near Fort St. John, British Columbia. Swindled by Faith recounts the years that followed and the world of obedience, sacrifice, fear, and unquestioned authority that shaped his childhood.
Rather than reducing the experience to a simple accusation, Richard examines the complicated bonds of belief, loyalty, family, and survival. The result is an honest journey toward reconciliation: an effort to understand the past clearly without allowing it to control the future.