Review: Being Magdalene - Fleur Beale

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Being Magdalene 

Review: Being Magdalene - Book #3 I am Not Esther Series - Fleur Beale - August 2015

One of my all-time favourite NZ Books is "I am Not Esther" by Fleur Beale which was the first book to take place in the cult Children of the Faith and featuring the Pilgrim Family. At the end of Book #1 the family had deemed Miriam , Daniel and Esther "dead". This left the twins Rebecca and Rachel, Abraham, Luke, Magdalene and Zillah in the family. The next book was I am Rebecca which was the story of Rebecca and Rachel - the twins who were getting ready to be married , it also showed the start of a new community as the Cult moved to Nelson and become more closed. Rebecca was forced to marry the church Elder Stephen and when she discovered that this wasn't her life dream , she too ran away and was considered "dead" whereas her twin sister Rachel stayed and married and eventually had two children. In Book #3 Being Magdalene , the Pilgrim family are being made as outcasts and treated differently especially since Rebecca's act of defiance against their leader. Magdalene and her sister Zillah are not enjoying life here one bit and they too feel that out in the world would suit them better, but they are young - how could they leave behind their families as their siblings have done. It seems that the Pilgrim family are causing such an uproar in the church community and soon they maybe the ones to cause a divide and eventually leave the faith all together for a better life out in the world. Is it time for the Pilgrim family to become a "true family" once again or will they stand divided as some of their family members still believe in the Rule ? 
Find out in another amazing look at life in a cult through a teenager's eyes in Book #3 I am Not Esther series "Being Magdalene" . A book that I recommend should be on every teen's reading list this year.

 

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