"At once a prison diary and a thrilling escape story...this is a brave and important book." "I was not prepared for the raw shock (and anger) I would feel as, page by page, I was gripped by Miller's story." Jehovah's Witnesses are largely known as a quiet, law-abiding group of people often seen standing by their jw.org carts handing out leaflets or magazines about their beliefs. What is not known is how those beliefs brainwash, manipulate and coerce their members into a life of absolute submission; how trying to leave the Jehovah's Witnesses will result in shunning by family and friends who will consider them as "dead"; how trying to live any life that doesn't follow the Witnesses' rigid belief structure and endless, nonsensical rules will result in being judged - quite literally to death. If you're reading this and you're anything other than an obedient, compliant JW, that includes you. To Go Beneath the Water is such a sensitive and distinctive voice on the subject of religious indoctrination and belief it will make you uncomfortable at times. It may also shock you to know the real truth of how the JW cult operates behind the friendly, polite facade, the lies they tell, the homophobia, the psychological abuse of children and the decades of concealed sexual abuse. Miller writes with great intent, in stunning prose, taking the reader on a deeply personal exposure of the cult that claimed 34 years of her life and almost her life as she fought to leave with two young daughters. To Go Beneath the Water will hurt you in places and lift you so high in others. It will open you up to something that will stay with you long after the final pages and the only "workable truth" of you, and her, and us.