![]() In “Pure,” Klein uses a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir to reveal the devastating effects evangelical Christianity’s views on female sexuality has had on a generation of young women. This is the sex education Linda Kay Klein grew up with. This message traumatized many girls and trapped them in a cycle of shame. ![]() A Stories We Tell alumna with a powerful story to tell: Meet Linda Kay Klein. ![]() Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual “stumbling blocks” for boys and men, and any expression of a girl’s sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. Linda Kay Klein, a graduate of The Stories We Tell and the author of Pure. In the 1990s, a “purity industry” emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Shop amongst our popular books, including 1, Pure and more from linda kay klein. ![]() ![]() This event is free and open to the public, but proof of purchase of “Pure” from Left Bank Books will be required to enter the signing line. This item: Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein Paperback 10.59 You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity by Jamie Lee Finch Paperback 18.87 On Her Knees: Memoir of a Prayerful Jezebel by Brenda Marie Davies Hardcover 2. Left Bank Books welcomes author and Break Free Together founder Linda Kay Klein, who will sign and discuss her new book, “Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free”! ![]()
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