What I was trying to do with it is talk about what's real. "It is a book about the war between religious faith and personal conviction. The book was not meant to be anti-Mormon. "I honestly don't know why I'm being hit with so much hate and condescension over a book that was meant to describe my experiences as a Mormon, not those of other church members. "I've experienced more pure hatred in the past couple of weeks than I have in my entire life," she said. On a recent promotional tour stop in the Tampa Bay area, Laake said she had expected some reaction, but not widespread antagonism among church members. She is a prize-winning writer and executive managing editor for New Times Inc., a chain of four alternative weekly newspapers in Phoenix, Denver, Dallas and Miami. Petersburg, was born and raised a Mormon and graduated from Largo High School.
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