Lisa answers “What happened to John and the girls?”

Peg Maguire asked this question about Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic:

What happened to John and the girls?

Lisa Martha Nibley Beck and John Beck were married from 1983 until 2004. Together they wrote in 1990, "Breaking the Cycle of Compulsive Behavior", that "tr…moreMartha Nibley Beck and John Beck were married from 1983 until 2004. Together they wrote in 1990, "Breaking the Cycle of Compulsive Behavior", that "treated homosexuality as one of several "compulsive behaviors", like bulimia. However, both she & John subsequently came out publicly as gay(!) and have stated that they no longer consider homosexuality a form of compulsive behavior." You can search online for Martha Beck and John Beck, and find quite a few comments he's made questioning the veracity of Martha's claims in her books and writing.(less)

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