To the Moon and Back: Lisa Kohn and the Unification Church
Lisa Kohn likes to tell a story about these great seats she once had at Madison Square Garden \u2014 at her mother\u2019s mass wedding. Yes, Lisa \u2014 the award-winning author of \u201cTo the Moon and Back: A Childhood Under the Influence\u201d \u2014 grew up in the Unification Church, also known as \u201cthe Moonies,\u201d with her mom and a life of \u201csex, drugs, and squalor\u201d in New York City\u2019s East Village. She talks with Sarah and Nippy about her experiences in the church, what was happening during those mass weddings in the 1970s, and what it means to be \u201cunder the influence of faith.\u201d\xa0
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