The eldest daughter of Ruby Franke, who was convicted of physically and emotionally abusing her children, has revealed the torment she went through in a new memoir. Shari Franke, 21, who reached out to authorities and the CPS for help before her mother's arrest in August 2023, writes that she and her five siblings were subject to Franke's "twisted interpretation of crime and punishment all our lives".
The mother of six, who gave parenting tips via a once-popular YouTube blog called "8 Passengers" convinced her two youngest children that they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent. She and her business partner, mental health counsellor Jodi Hildebrandt, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse. The pair were jailed for up to 30 years each last February.
In the memoir, The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom, Ms Franke details for the first time what her childhood was like, how this changed when Hildebrandt moved into their family home, and if she has been able to forgive her mother. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player.
. Here is everything you need to know about the memoir that was released on Tuesday. 'Really scary'. Ms Franke said during an interview with ABC's Good Morning America (GMA) that she experienced abuse at the hands of her mother when she was five or six years old.
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