Ruby Franke, a mommy blogger, requested a memoir from her daughter before her arrest.

Ruby Franke's eldest daughter, Shari Franke, reveals the unsettling details of her mother's downfall, including their final conversation, in her new memoir.

Ruby, a mother of six and the founder of the 8 Passengers YouTube channel, and her friend Jodi Hildebrandt, a mother of two, ran a joint parenting and lifestyle YouTube channel called ConneXions Classrooms. In February, both were convicted of six counts of second-degree aggravated child abuse against two of Ruby's children.

In her memoir, "The House of My Mother," Shari recounts the last conversation she had with her mother before her arrest. The conversation took place not long after rumors of her mother's abuse began circulating on social media, prompting Shari to speak out publicly about the online discussions about her family life on Instagram.

Shari wrote on her Instagram story, "I am aware of the rumors about my family online. Although I don't have contact with my immediate family and don't support the extreme beliefs of ConneXions, please remember that this is my real family."

Before Ruby's arrest, Ruby and Shari had a brief and contentious interaction. Ruby asked Shari, "Can you promise not to discuss this further on social media?" after seeing Shari's Instagram story.

In her memoir, Shari recalls that the last word she spoke to Ruby before her arrest was "No."

Ruby's YouTube channel, 8 Passengers, had been her family's primary source of income for years. She was dedicated to maintaining a perfect online image of her family, which she shared through her videos. Her content had over 2.5 million subscribers before her downfall.

Her popularity declined after her eldest son admitted in a video that he had been sleeping on a beanbag for seven months as punishment for his behavior.

"That one video burned down the 8 Passengers' YouTube channel overnight and cost our family 90 percent of our income." — Shari Franke,<i> "</i>The House of My Mother"

"Thousands of people canceled their subscriptions, and brands that were previously eager to be associated with our wholesome family image quickly distanced themselves," Shari wrote in the book.

Ruby's life was forever changed when Hildebrandt entered it after 8 Passengers fell. The two friends decided to create their own parenting channel called ConneXions Classrooms together.

In a ConneXions Classroom episode, Ruby emphasizes that if a child is on fire, it is not appropriate to pat them on the head and say "It's okay, I'll help you." Instead, she advises parents to beat, kick, and hit the child with a rod. She stresses that parents cannot expect healing if they put welts on their child's legs and then apply gauze.

Hildebrandt quickly became a significant part of the Franke family's existence, eventually residing with them after Shari departed for college and Ruby made Hildebrandt's daughter's room available. Shari characterized Hildebrandt and her entourage as a "cult."

In her book, Shari recounts the unusual bond that developed between two women, Hildebrandt and Ruby, and how Hildebrandt persuaded Ruby and her husband, Kevin, to separate while Hildebrandt eventually convinced Ruby to sleep in her daughter's bed while Kevin remained in the master bedroom alone.

According to Shari's memoir, Hildebrandt experienced delusions and visions while staying with the Frankes. Ruby and Kevin assisted her through them.

"Jodi and Ruby hunkered down in their upstairs sanctuary, rarely leaving except for occasional ice cream pilgrimages to Dairy Queen." — Shari Franke,<i> "</i>The House of My Mother"

Shari wrote that their dietary habits were a nightmare for a cardiologist, consisting of a constant intake of sugar, saturated fat, and fried foods, with Jodi's only contribution being gallons of ranch dressing.

Ruby and Franke went on shopping trips to Mexico and would return with bags of pills, which Ruby claimed was a plan to "stockpile antibiotics for the end of days," according to the book.

Ruby's followers were even more enraged when she posted a video about punishing her two youngest children for selfish behavior by withholding gifts from them on Christmas morning while her older siblings were allowed to open presents. She and Hildebrandt, who was present for the Christmas charade, then made the two youngest clean up the torn wrapping paper.

Shari remembered how Jodi, with a self-satisfied expression on her face, launched into a sermon while they silently gathered debris. Jodi said, "Children are not entitled to magical childhoods. You can't just expect love and presents. Many have nothing at all."

Shari recounted her brother's unwelcoming greeting at their front door when she returned home from college for the holiday that year.

Ruby and Hildebrandt were eventually arrested by Utah authorities for abusing Franke's two youngest children, a 9-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy, after Shari's yearslong efforts to get the Department of Family and Child Services to take action against her mother. Some of the abuse occurred in Hildebrandt's multimillion-dollar home in Ivins, Utah.

The discovery of the allegations against Franke and Hildebrandt was made after Franke's son escaped from Hildebrandt's home and ran to a neighbor, who called 911 after seeing the boy's condition.

Both Franke and Hildebrandt were given four consecutive prison sentences, ranging from a maximum of 60 years to a minimum of 30 years.

Ruby and Hildebrandt subjected Ruby's children to Hildebrandt's expensive and mind-bending "therapy" sessions and relentlessly over-analyzed every statement Shari made, whether said aloud or texted to either woman.

Last year, Ruby Franke made her first public appearance at her sentencing hearing.

"For the past four years, I have been following counsel and guidance that has led me into a dark delusion," a teary Franke stated in a statement at the time. "My distorted version of reality went largely unchecked as I would isolate from anyone who challenged me. I was led to believe this world was an evil place, filled with cops who control, hospitals that injure, government agencies that brainwash, church leaders who lie and lust, husbands who refuse to protect, and children who need abuse."

"My six little chicks, you are part of me," she continued. "I was the momma duck who consistently waddled you to safety. … In the past four years, I was consistently leading you to danger."

"I was so disoriented that I believed dark was light and right was wrong." — Ruby Franke

In her memoir, Shari recalls hearing her mother's court statement and the thoughts that followed, specifically noting that Ruby never admitted to being anything less than "mother of the year" before Jodi entered their family.

"Shari wrote that there would be no apology for the years of torment and exploitation that preceded Jodi. As I listened to her hollow words, I wondered if, in her narcissistic mind, Ruby would ever fully comprehend the gravity of her actions or experience genuine remorse."

In numerous YouTube videos and social media posts, Franke and Hildebrandt provided guidance to parents on how to raise their children in "truth" from their living room couch. In a video posted prior to their arrests, Hildebrandt stated that pain can be beneficial for children of a specific age group.

Discussions have arisen regarding the authenticity of parenting and lifestyle blogs, which often portray only a small aspect of a person or family's reality, as well as the right of children to privacy if their parent is a social media celebrity.