Disclaimer: Lots, and lots of cursing during this review. Even more so than usual for me. A lot of anger, too. Just a heads up! Okay, goofy title. It's a throwback to one of my favorite concept albums, which is Stone Sour's The House of Gold and Bones. And I couldn't think of a better title than t...
Many years ago, I've seen reports on a group called "FLDS", and their prophet, Warren Jeffs. I remember Oprah talking to a group of girls looking like something out of House on a Prairie, who said how their one goal in life was to get married. Having been a student of Gender Studies, and chosen reli...
Elissa Wall was born into the FLDS, who are a group of Fundamentalist Mormons that practice Polygamy.Elissa was taught from a young age that she must obey men and that her mission in life is to marry and have many children.While Elissa still believed in the teachings of the FLDS at the time, she cou...
I’m always interested in how upbringing and circumstances affect belief, and in Stolen Innocence Lisa Pulitzer has helped Elissa Wall write a fascinating account of her gradual transition from mildly rebellious believer to someone who would leave behind the only world she had ever known, even though...
With the recent interest in "Polygamy USA," it seemed like a good time to obtain this book from the library. Elissa Wall's memoir details the split of the Centennial Park group from the Jeffs group at Short Creek (something from which the Centennial Park folk seem very eager to distances themselves...
Stolen Innocence is one of the best books I've read so far on the subject of the FLDS. Forced at the age of 14 into a marriage she didn't want to a first cousin she'd hated all her short life, Elissa Wall fought for her freedom with maturity and grace for the next four years. Her trial, recorded her...
This book was interesting but not life changing. I listened to as an audio book and the most disappointing thing about it was the narrator. Her voice was like a teenager, upset because her boyfriend dumped her, throughout the entire book. Despite the grating voice, the writing itself reminded me of ...
A very evocative and disturbing account of growing up in a fundmentalist religion. I found Elissa Wall's story to be horrifying as she describes the breakup of her polygamous family, and her forced marriage at the age of fourteen to a brutal cousin. How she managed to get out of the control of Warre...
This was quite an interesting story.I give a lot of credit to this young girl for sharing her story and speaking out. I have to say that after reading this story I feel as though that these leaders think they are above the law and that they can do whatever they want and get away with it. They are no...
This is a very eye opening book for those of us not very familiar with the FLDS lifestyle. I found it very interesting to hear all the details about everything from schooling to how they interacted with "the prophet". There were times that it was difficult to read just because of all the author went...
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