Escape
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
THE HARROWING STORY OF ONE WOMAN'S ESCAPE FROM THE FUNDAMENTALIST CHURCH OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Aged eighteen, Carolyn Jessop was forced to marry a 50-year-old stranger and religious cult member.
She became one of 6 wives and bore him 8 children in 15 years. Forced to obey her controlling husband's every demand, she had no money and no power. But when Carolyn discovered that her twelve-year-old daughter had spent three days at the new cult leader's home, she knew she had to take her children and flee.
At thirty-five, Carolyn escaped. This is her harrowing - and ultimately triumphant - story.
'An amazing life event that Carolyn was brave enough to tell' Reader Review
'What an emotional rollercoaster it was reading this. Sadness, horror, disbelief, shock, excitement, hope' Reader Review
'Wow! Received this book in the morning, finished it by evening' Reader Review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Seventeen years after being forced into a polygamous marriage, Jessop escaped from the cultlike Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints with her eight children. She recounts the horrid events that led her to break free from the oppressive world she knew and how she has managed to survive since escaping, despite threats and legal battles with her husband and the Church. Though sometimes her retelling overflows with colorful foreshadowing and commentary on how exceptional she is, the everyday details she reveals about this polygamous society are devastating and tragic. Frasier delivers Jessop's words in a soft voice that develops intriguingly from an innocent and na ve tone into a more assertive and self-confident one that mirrors Jessop's journey. She maintains the same rhythm, but through the inspired words of the text, she really embraces Jessop's persona. The bonus telephone interview with Jessop on the final disc suffers from poor sound quality and, unfortunately, doesn't add any new information. Simultaneous release with the Doubleday hardcover.
