Name: Escape
ISBN: 9780767927567

Carolyn Jessop

Escape

Marissa Zander

Only half of the story is in the book. I originally read it before I met Carolyn and I couldn't understand how someone could go through all that and then adjust to normal life outside the FLDS. That family is one of the most normal I have ever met and Carolyn is one of the few woman I look up to. She is strong, beautiful and determine. She does the best for her family and the fame from the book never got to her. This woman deserves all the awards. She is incredible.

Laura Palmer

Silje Risøy Helgerud

2, 5. Interessant og provoserende tema, men selve gjennomføringen overbeviste meg ikke. Dessverre.

Elizabeth Jones

Tressa Ringwald

Wingyan Chan

Gracie Marsden

Chau Anh N

Christie Crandall 

Rustė Tervydytė

Jacqueline Jordan 

Jacalyn Boggs

Carolyn Jessop was born into a religious cult known as the Fundamentalist Church of the Latter Day Saints, a 10,000-strong community living in Arizona, USA. Aged 18 she was coerced into marriage with a 50-year-old man she barely knew. She became his fourth wife, and had eight children in 15 years. This is the true story of Carolyn Jessop's life in this violent and abusive cult. Half-starved, constantly pregnant, women were denied access to proper healthcare or contraception, and sometimes beaten so badly that they could not hear or see for days. Children were brainwashed, taught that everyone outside the community was evil, that dinosaurs never existed and men never set foot on the moon. Books were banned. The local police were cult members and would prevent women from escaping; children were beaten by other cult members to keep their parents in line. But Carolyn Jessop escaped and just a year later her testimony was central to getting the assets of the cult frozen, and its notorious leader, Warren Jeffs, put on trial. This is her astonishing story.

Escape

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