The House of My Mother
Shari Franke is the eldest of the six children featured on 8 Passengers, the family vlog her mother Ruby Franke ran for a 2.5-million-subscriber YouTube audience across the 2010s. Behind the wholesome on-camera persona, Ruby implemented an escalating discipline regime, eventually drawing in relationship coach Jodi Hildebrandt and her ConneXions program. Ruby and Jodi were arrested in Utah in August 2023 on multiple counts of aggravated child abuse and Ruby was sentenced in 2024 to four consecutive sentences of one to fifteen years. Shari writes the book at 21 as the family's first-person witness account.
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The eldest 8 Passengers daughter writes the inside account of the family vlog, the discipline regime behind it, and her mother Ruby Franke's 2023 arrest.
The House of My Mother was written by Shari Franke and published in 2025. Shari is the eldest daughter of Ruby Franke, the YouTube parenting influencer who pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse in 2023.
Yes. The House of My Mother is Shari Franke's memoir of growing up in the family behind 8 Passengers, the YouTube channel that turned out to mask serious abuse. The book details her firsthand experience and recovery.
The House of My Mother is 320 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The House of My Mother takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
The House of My Mother is a standalone novel by Shari Franke, not part of a series.
The House of My Mother is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
