Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life by Amber Scorah

Leaving the Witness by Amber Scorah recounts her life as a Jehovah’s Witness missionary in Shanghai and the changes that led her to leave her faith community. A new language, relationships and ways of thinking challenge the identity she had known.

Published by Penguin, the memoir follows the difficult process of starting again, including experiences of isolation, loss and the search for meaning outside religion. It is a personal narrative rather than a general guide to missionary practice.