Breaking free : how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult, and my father, Warren Jeffs
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Breaking free : how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult, and my father, Warren Jeffs
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ISBN:
9780062670526
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
viii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
You could drive a car through my family tree -- Sins of the father -- Mind games -- Rebellion -- Keep your enemy close -- Heavenly Father offers a blessing -- Wedding -- Love, plural style -- The prophet rises -- Plural wife -- Do you have cows? -- Land of refuge -- This is what hell feels like -- The good years -- The raid -- Life goes on -- The noose tightens -- Purgatory -- Back in the fold -- Solitary confinement -- Enough -- Flirting with damnation -- Sister secret -- First one out -- Over the wall -- Answered prayers -- Epilogue.
Summary:
The daughter of the self-proclaimed prophet of the FLDS Church describes the abusive patriarchal culture in which she was raised by sister wives and dominating men and discusses how her father remains a powerful influence on his followers.
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