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I’m excited to announce my memoir is available for presale at various retailers here. It’s about faith and reconnection with God after surviving religious abuse and walking away from God. The book is called Motorhome Prophecies (because we lived partially in a motorhome), and it will be published by Hachette Book Group as a memoir book coming out next February 13; it's about how I recovered from an abusive childhood growing up in motorhomes, sheds and tents in an offshoot Mormon cult (my dad was excommunicated from the official LDS Church) with poverty, welfare and sexual abuse.

After numerous unexpected turns, including a full scholarship to Harvard and time as a Goldman Sachs/Wall Street analyst, I was baptized in 2017 as a Protestant Christian following many years as a bitter agnostic. It's about the quintessential American principle of rising above victimhood and finding success, and I hope it empowers others.

Here’s the blurb from Hachette:

In the vein of Educated and Hillbilly Elegy comes a young woman’s memoir chronicling her harrowing journey from despair to salvation that showcases the depths and resilience of the human spirit and empowers readers on their own paths toward healing, forgiveness, and redemption.
 
Carrie Sheffield grew up fifth of eight children with a violent, mentally ill, street-musician father who believed he was a modern-day Mormon prophet destined to become U.S. president someday. She and her seven siblings were often forced to live as vagabonds, remaining on the move across the country. They frequently subsisted in sheds, tents, and, most notably, motorhomes. They often lived a dysfunctional drifter existence, camping out in their motorhome in Walmart parking lots. Carrie attended 17 public schools and homeschool, all while performing classical music on the streets and passing out fire-and-brimstone religious pamphlets—at times while child custody workers loomed. 
 
Carrie’s father was eventually excommunicated from the official LDS Church, and she was the first of her siblings to escape the toxic brainwashing of his fundamentalist creed. Declared legally estranged from her parents, Carrie struggled with her mental health during college and for most of her adult life. But she eventually seized control of her life, transcended her troubled past, and overcame her toxic inner voice (and a near death experience)—thanks to the power of forgiveness, cultivated through her conversion to Christianity. She evolved from a scared and abused motorhome-dwelling girl to a Harvard-educated professional with a passion for empowering others to reject the cycles of poverty, depression, and self-hatred.
 
Motorhome Prophecies is the story of Carrie’s unbelievable, yet in many ways, very American journey. It resonates with those trapped in difficult situations and awes all who are enchanted by the depths and resilience of the human spirit.

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