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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...
Triumph was a huge disappointment compared to Jessops first book, escape. I decided to read it because it was written after the big raid on the Yearning For Zion ranch in Texas which ended with over 400 abused children being returned to their parents. I was hoping there would be information on what ...
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