Child X

Child X takes readers through Mustard’s childhood and adolescence in “the movement,” his daring escape, and his rise into self-possession.

With wit and vulnerability, Mustard sheds light on one of the untold, but not uncommon, accounts of a powerful Black family that rose from the ashes of slavery to prominence and wealth, and how the counterculture of the 1960s and 70s caused that rise to crumble.

This deeply personal true story gives a child’s-eye view of one of the most notorious American religious movements in history.