Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Parenting & Relationships, Nonfiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Author:
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Parenting & Relationships, Nonfiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Helpful Score: 2
The author did a wonderful job of mixing in first person account as a child along with information she learned in later years.
I found her story to be inspirational and consuming. On the one hand, I don't know how people could agree to live that way but on the other hand, the author really showed the human aspect of the FLDS community. These are real people - adults! - who've been brainwashed into giving up 100% control over their own lives.
The story shows a true contrast between the people who are very sympathetic and the FLDS system which is harsh and unyeilding. It was also very satisfying to know that even as I was reading the book, Warren Jeffs is already sitting in prison.
I found her story to be inspirational and consuming. On the one hand, I don't know how people could agree to live that way but on the other hand, the author really showed the human aspect of the FLDS community. These are real people - adults! - who've been brainwashed into giving up 100% control over their own lives.
The story shows a true contrast between the people who are very sympathetic and the FLDS system which is harsh and unyeilding. It was also very satisfying to know that even as I was reading the book, Warren Jeffs is already sitting in prison.
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