Shari Franke is opening up about the “strange” relationship between her mother Ruby Franke and the family’s therapist Jodi Hildebrandt in her new memoir, The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Quest for Freedom.

Ruby Franke and her life coach and business partner Jodi Hildebrandt were each sentenced to 30 years in prison for child abuse. Since the case went public, there has been much conversation about the nature of their partnership – which saw the eldest children and Ruby's husband estranged from the house and the youngest children objected to

Why was Ruby sneaking around in the middle of the night like a teenager trying not to get caught by her parents? Were they really doing candlelit massages in my bedroom?’ Shari Franke’s memoir reads

Both Ruby Franke and Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse in 2023 against two of Ruby Franke's children, but not Shari Franke. Both Ruby Franke and Hildebrandt were sentenced to four consecutive sentences of one to 15 years in prison.

Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to child abuse charges in December 2023 and are currently serving time for their treatment of Ruby’s six children. Shari’s memoir describes her struggles living in what she calls a “house of lies” and her eventual relief at the arrests, which followed years of reported abuse.

Shari Franke has shared details of the own alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of the 8 Passengers YouTuber