So interesting!! I needed to read a "nonfiction" book for 2015 Book Challenge. I picked this one because I find different religions, especially the extreme, so fascinating! I learned so much that I had no idea about. The struggles for Carolyn were so out there, I don't know how I would have made i...
Carolyn was born 1968 in a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints community, which practices polygamy. A man having another wife was not an unusual thing in Carolyn's world.The religion she was raised in taught that men needed more than one wife to get to the higher levels of Hea...
Very hard to put in words. I feel no review I could give would give this remarkable tale the slightest bit of justice. Carolyn Jessop's story about being forced into a plural marriage, along with living in a compound where your every single move was watched is fascinating, heart-breaking, and terrif...
Escape is a great insight into the lives of FLDS. However, this memoir focuses much on Carolyn Jessop's own personal experiences, rather than attempting to portray a complete picture of the community. Carolyn's dynamic, struggling relationships with her sister wives, stepchildren, and other FLDS mem...
I decided to read this after reading National Geographic's Jan-2010 issue which featured a piece the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. It's a remarkably clear and articulate look at a group that, if Carolyn Jessop's story is even half-true, falls somewhere between Jonestown and the Third Reich on th...
Absolutely stunning and compelling. I grew up my entire life hearing about and knowing about the existence of the FLDS (the extreme fundamentalist branch of the mainstream Mormon church). I have a feeling this was because I was raised in the Mormon church and also raised largely in Utah. Seeing w...
Wonderful memoir. A little unorganized in its thoughts, but reveals the inside of a religion that is very hidden and furtive (and right in our own backyard).
This woman's story was downright amazing. I had seen her on Oprah and ran out and purchased the book. The story went deeper in showing the courage of Carolyn Jessop to leave the only life she knew.
A woman who is raised in a polygamous cult finds the courage to escape from the iron grip of her husband, with seven children in tow (one of whom is developmentally disabled). Once away from the compound, she is forced to start life with little to no knowledge of the outside world. To make matters...
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