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What happens when the faith you trusted becomes the cage you can't escape? Brittany Hart knows. She spent six years inside a high-control religious group-a place where love looked like control, devotion meant erasure, and questioning was betrayal. Surviving Wonderland is her map out. Through haunting, visceral poetry, Hart traces the journey from manipulation to freedom, using the story of Alice in Wonderland as a guide through the disorientation of spiritual abuse. Each poem illuminates: The subtle ways control disguises itself as care The impossible standards that break you down- The courage it takes to trust yourself again The slow, sacred work of reclaiming your voice For anyone who: Is rebuilding after leaving a controlling religious environment Struggles with spiritual trauma or religious PTSD Is deconstructing faith and feeling lost in the process Needs permission to grieve what was taken from them --- Surviving Wonderland: A Journey Beyond Control is published by Tehom Center Publishing, an independent press elevating marginalized voices. Learn more at www.tehomcenter.org.

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PRAISE FOR SURVIVING WONDERLAND ""What Brittany does with words makes poetry proud. Poetry is where language breaks open-where pain and beauty breathe the same air. Her writing becomes witness and balm, naming the shock of survival and the shimmer of hope."" -Tamice Spencer-Helms, Public Theologian & Author of Faith Unleavened ""Through visceral and evocative prose, Brittany Hart creates a deeply textured map of the systematic obliteration of self within religious cultism and the painstaking work of personal recovery. Surviving Wonderland offers a compassionate and accessible path toward embodied healing."" -Lynn M. Horan, PhD & Author, Dismantled: Abusive Church Culture and the Clergy Who Leave

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Brittany Hart is a writer, poet, and advocate for survivors of spiritual trauma. Having spent six years in a high-control religious group, she emerged committed to guiding survivors toward self-discovery and hope. Through her writing and reflections, Brittany cultivates a gentle space for healing, resilience, and the slow, courageous work of rebuilding a life beyond spiritual control.

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