When the World Didn't End

In this compelling memoir, acclaimed screenwriter Guinevere Turner recounts her childhood inside the insular Lyman Family cult, led by Mel Lyman, and the profound experience of leaving that closed community. Drawing from her diaries, she shares the complex and often painful journey from the protected world she knew to the unfamiliar reality of outside life, exploring themes of innocence, belonging, and the difficult process of understanding her past.