tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post4809306776523974159..comments2024-03-26T14:34:28.415-07:00Comments on Religion and Child Abuse News: Not Without My Sister [book review]Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-37100816611022240682016-06-01T14:51:54.023-07:002016-06-01T14:51:54.023-07:00So in 2011 with only a bike little money no real r...So in 2011 with only a bike little money no real route or even the right footwear, Buhring set off to cycle 18,000 miles. It took 152 days, during which she was chased by dogs, attacked by magpies and nearly buzzed off the road by huge trucks, while living off the kindness of strangers. It was an act of sheer madness, she admits, “but I had nothing to live for, so it didn’t bother me that I mightPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-28515281585130021232016-06-01T14:50:49.606-07:002016-06-01T14:50:49.606-07:00The three sisters later wrote a bestselling book a...The three sisters later wrote a bestselling book about their lives, Not Without My Sister. They describe the terror, as children, of being expected to lie down next to a grown man, and of how children were made to lie on top of each other, rub themselves up and down and make groaning noises. “I still find it hard to describe, and yet I have been processing what happened for the past decade. I Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-20442411619934216702016-06-01T14:50:27.418-07:002016-06-01T14:50:27.418-07:00Juliana Buhring - How I escaped my childhood in a ...Juliana Buhring - How I escaped my childhood in a cult<br /><br />by LUCY CAVENDISH, THE TIMES MAY 30, 2016<br /><br />Juliana Buhring is sitting drinking coffee in a central London hotel. She seems relaxed but, Buhring tells me, she is feeling twitchy. “I just want to be on the move, really. I feel uncomfortable staying anywhere too long.” Her restlessness is understandable. Buhring, 34, is a Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-1549906409673614282016-05-22T16:15:27.844-07:002016-05-22T16:15:27.844-07:00This Road I Ride
SOMETIMES IT TAKES LOSING EVERYT...This Road I Ride<br /><br />SOMETIMES IT TAKES LOSING EVERYTHING TO FIND YOURSELF<br /><br />Juliana Buhring (Author)<br /><br />This Road I Ride is the remarkable story of one woman’s solo journey around the world by bicycle.<br /><br />Juliana Buhring had been mired in a dark hole of depression after the death of a man she loved, and when an acquaintance suggested they honor his memory by Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-9934333763783782932016-05-22T16:11:07.756-07:002016-05-22T16:11:07.756-07:00Then in 2009 Buhring reconnected on Facebook with ...Then in 2009 Buhring reconnected on Facebook with an adventure guide named Hendri Coetzee. They’d first met in Uganda, where they’d had a short, intense affair, but this time they couldn’t let go. “There was not a day when we didn’t chat, Skype, or call,” recalls Buhring. “We finally reached a point where we were like, ‘Let’s give this a go. There’s something happening here.’” They decided to Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-40067845647777054752016-05-22T16:10:36.942-07:002016-05-22T16:10:36.942-07:00How Cyclist Juliana Buhring Learned to Keep Going ...How Cyclist Juliana Buhring Learned to Keep Going After Surviving a Cult and Losing the Love of Her Life<br /><br />By Helen Rumbelow, Glamour May 13, 2016<br /><br />The mountains of Praiano, Italy, tumble spectacularly into the Mediterranean Sea. If you look closely on any given day, you might see a tall tattooed woman jogging the 2,000 stone steps that go almost vertically up those cliffs. Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com