QAnon is one of those conspiracies. Here's the short version: A cabal of liberal elites and movie stars is trafficking children, and Donald Trump is fighting to save them. In a new book, the journalist Jesselyn Cook tells the stories of five American families caught in the QAnon web. There’s a QAnon-obsessed mother who disowns her once beloved son; a couple whose decades-long relationship is sorely tested; sisters, one of whom becomes an activist, the other a conspiracy theorist; and more. And this goes beyond QAnon; what Cook cares about is why people believe the unbelievable and the way conspiracy theories assault the nation on a most personal of levels — the family.
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Jesselyn Cook | She’s a Canadian-American journalist, author, and lecturer. Her book is “The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family” [Amazon|Bookshop].
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