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 her latest 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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