With sharp clarity and emotional depth, Margaret Eastman Smith offers an intriguing coming-of-age memoir set within the controversial global movement Moral Re-Armament (MRA), formerly known as the Oxford Group. Influential yet polarizing, MRA has been characterized by some as a cult. Oprah Winfrey also criticized the organization in the documentary The Me You Can’t See. She explores what it means to grow up within a tightly bound ideological world and what it takes to move beyond it without losing oneself or sacrificing the courage to follow one’s own truth. She served on the faculty of American University’s Program on International Peace and Conflict Resolution for nearly two decades.She holds BA and MA degrees in History from Boston University, a PhD in International Affairs from Tufts University’s Fletcher School, and an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lesley University.