Hometown Betrayal

A Tragic Story of Secrecy and Sexual Abuse in Mormon Country

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Hometown Betrayal

By: Emily Benedek

Narrated by: Maria McCann

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No one believed it could happen in their town. But it did.

Valarie Clark Miller seemed to have it all. Smart and beautiful with a wealthy, successful husband and growing family, Valarie appeared to be the picture-perfect Mormon wife. But it was all a façade. Inside, she was crumbling from the pressures of long-repressed memories of a childhood filled with sexual and physical abuse.

In Hometown Betrayal, author Emily Benedek brings you behind the closed doors of the remote Mormon community of Clarkston, Utah. With the help of hundreds of individual stories, she pieces together not only what happened to Valarie, but also the conditions and culture that allowed it. Hometown Betrayal culminates in an account of the Miller family’s fight to hold accountable the men—including the local cop—who abused Valarie and controlled the systems designed to look the other way.

Emily BenedekMaria McCannGreenleaf Book Group

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How can you say you enjoyed listening to something that is retelling the appalling experiences of innocent children and women? I really wanted to leave a review because this listen was captivating but I’m lost for words. There is so much to unpack, but really it comes down to women and children yet again being failed and seen as less than men. I really hope that these ladies that passed finally found their peace. Keep exposing, keep talking and keep saying it louder for the people at the back that this behaviour is NOT OK!

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