Left Bank Books welcomes author and Break Free Together founder Linda Kay Klein, who will sign and discuss her new book, “Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free”!

This event is free and open to the public, but proof of purchase of “Pure” from Left Bank Books will be required to enter the signing line.

In the 1990s, a “purity industry” emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual “stumbling blocks” for boys and men, and any expression of a girl’s sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. This message traumatized many girls and trapped them in a cycle of shame. This is the sex education Linda Kay Klein grew up with. In “Pure,” Klein uses a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir to reveal the devastating effects evangelical Christianity’s views on female sexuality has had on a generation of young women.