Lost Boy (Audio)
In the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), girls can become valuable property as plural wives, but boys are expendable, even a liability. In this powerful and heartbreaking account, former FLDS member Brent Jeffs revealsboth the terror and the love he...
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In the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), girls can become valuable property as plural wives, but boys are expendable, even a liability. In this powerful and heartbreaking account, former FLDS member Brent Jeffs revealsboth the terror and the love he experienced growing up on his prophet’s compound—and the harsh exile existence that so many boysface once they have been expelled by the sect. Brent Jeffs is the nephew of Warren Jeffs, the imprisoned leader of the FLDS. The son of a prominent family in the church, Brent could have grown up to have multiple wives of his own and significant power in the 10,000-strong community. But he knew that behind the group’s pious public image—women in chaste dresses carrying babies on their hips—lay a much darker reality. So he walked away, and was the first to file a sexual-abuse lawsuit against his uncle. Now Brent shares his courageous story...
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780307578129 (0307578127)
Publish date: May 19th 2009
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Adult,
Religion,
Sociology,
Crime,
Biography Memoir,
Lds,
True Crime,
Abuse,
Mormonism,
Cults
Brent Jeffs grew up in the FLDS - Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He is the grandson of Rulon Jeffs, who was the prophet up until he passed, and the nephew of Warren Jeffs, the current prophet.After suffering much abuse and his family being excommunicated, Brent eventuall...
A great insight into the FLDS by one of the many boys who have left. As a nephew to Warren Jeffs, Brent Jeffs could have had so much within the FLDS. A story of choices, of dealing with abuse and of a childhood that leaves scares. If you're interested in the FLDS give this a shot. I really liked thi...
In the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), girls can become valuable property as plural wives but boys are expendable, even a liability. In this powerful and heartbreaking account, former FLDS member Brett Jeffs reveals both the terror and the love he experi...