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As a troubled teen, Lauren Manning sought refuge online in the angry world of black metal music. When she met a recruiter who offered her the acceptance she craved, the doctrine of white supremacy supplanted the values of her middle-class upbringing, and Lauren traded suburbia for a life of violence and criminality on the streets of Toronto. Told from the perspective of both mother and daughter, Walking Away from Hate chronicles Lauren's descent into extremism, her life within the movement and her ultimate reconnection with the family she once denounced and the mother who refused to give up on her.

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"""Bold, courageous, and brutally honest. The unbearable near-tragedies of this girl's journey and her mother's terror hounded me long after the last page was turned. Should be required reading in all high schools."" DONNA MORRISSEY, award-winning author of The Fortunate Brother ""While the juxtaposition of two worlds is a central theme of this mother/daughter story, equally powerful are the insights into how white extremist thinking is fostered in the young."" DIANE DONOVAN, Midwest Review of Books ""Indeed, one of this memoir's defining, pervasive powers is the dual mother-daughter narrative that relates how Lauren was drawn into this appalling ideology and situation, how her family struggled with it, and how - ultimately - she came back from the brink. It's a brave book, suffused in unwavering honesty."" JOANNE OWEN, LoveReading UK As a troubled teen, Lauren Manning sought refuge online in the angry world of black metal music. When she met a recruiter who offered her the acceptance she craved, the doctrine of white supremacy supplanted the values of her middle-class upbringing, and Lauren traded suburbia for a life of violence and criminality on the streets of Toronto. Told from the viewpoint of both mother and daughter, Walking Away from Hate chronicles Lauren's descent into extremism, her life within the movement and her ultimate reconnection with the family she once denounced and the mother who refused to give up on her."

"""Bold, courageous, and brutally honest. The unbearable near-tragedies of this girl's journey and her mother's terror hounded me long after the last page was turned. Should be required reading in all high schools."" DONNA MORRISSEY ""While the juxtaposition of two worlds is a central theme of this mother/daughter story, equally powerful are the insights into how white extremist thinking is fostered in the young."" DIANE DONOVAN, Midwest Review of Books ""Indeed, one of this memoir's defining, pervasive powers is the dual mother-daughter narrative that relates how Lauren was drawn into this appalling ideology and situation, how her family struggled with it, and how - ultimately - she came back from the brink. It's a brave book, suffused in unwavering honesty."" JOANNE OWEN, LoveReading UK"

Bold, courageous, and brutally honest. The unbearable near-tragedies of this girl's journey and her mother's terror hounded me long after the last page was turned. Donna Morrissey While the juxtaposition of two worlds is a central theme of this mother/daughter story, equally powerful are the insights into how white extremist thinking is fostered in the young. Midwest Review of Books ...a brave book, suffused in unwavering honesty. LoveReading UK

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Jeanette Manning is active in the Writer's Community of Durham Region, the recipient of a 2019 Writescape scholarship and a volunteer with Life After Hate, a non-profit dedicated to helping people escape extremism. After a difficult period of self-deradicalization, Lauren Manning now works as an outreach specialist with Life After Hate, helping others leave extremist organizations of all types. Both mother and daughter live in Whitby, Ontario and welcome opportunities to share their story.

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