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  • The Last Days

  • A Memoir of Faith, Desire and Freedom
  • By: Ali Millar
  • Narrated by: Ali Millar
  • Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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The Last Days

By: Ali Millar
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A Scotsman Book to Watch for 2022

It is 1982 and in the Kingdom Hall we are Jehovah's Witnesses. The state of the world shows us the end is close, and Satan is like a roaring lion, seeking to devour us.

Ali Millar is waiting for Armageddon. Born into the Jehovah's Witnesses in a town in the Scottish Borders, her childhood revolves around regular meetings in the Kingdom Hall, where she is haunted by vivid images of the Second Coming, her mind populated by the bodies that will litter the earth upon Jehovah's return.

In this frightening, cloistered world, Ali grows older. As she does, she starts to question the ways of the Witnesses, and their control over the most intimate aspects of her life. As she marries and has a daughter within the religion, she finds herself pulled deeper and deeper into its dark undertow, her mind tormented by one question: is it possible to escape the life you are born into?

A tale of love and darkness, of faith and absolution, The Last Days is an unforgettable memoir of one woman's courageous journey to freedom.

©2022 Ali Millar (P)2022 Penguin Audio
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Critic reviews

"A coming-of-age story like no other." (Lily Dunn, author of Sins of My Father)

"Ali Millar pulls you heart first through an extraordinary life, somehow making sense of an experience that should make no sense at all. A sublime talent." (David Whitehouse, author of About A Son)

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If your a former JW, this book will make you feel seen

This book is great for any ex Jehovah’s Witness, especially those raised in the faith. The author goes into great detail and fully opens up about the religious shame and indoctrination that hangs over many Jehovah’s Witness children. She might as well have written my own life down

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informative and saddening

written very poetically. may take a moment to get into but once adjusted I became invested.

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Nailed it!

As an ex JW, Ali's story really caught the feelings and emotions for those of us that went through similar struggles and emotional turmoil. I highly recommend it for all readers, not just ex JWs as it is well written, well narrated and insightful.

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