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1) Escape
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A woman forced into a plural marriage as a teenager with a man thirty-two years her senior describes the years of psychological abuse she suffered, her decision to escape with her eight children, and her successful battle with the church over custody of her children.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A woman who escaped an abusive marriage to a polygamist leader in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints reveals the horrors of her daily life and how her court testimony helped many other women and children.
Author
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A shocking massacre in 2019 sparks a probing investigation into the strange, violent history of a polygamist Mormon outpost in Mexico. A harmless, unassuming caravan of women and children was ambushed by masked gunmen in northern Mexico on November 4, 2019. In a massacre that produced international headlines, nine people were killed and five others gravely injured. The victims were members of the La Mora and LeBaron communities--fundamentalist Mormons...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 285 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Doubleday large print home library ed.
Physical Desc
x, 798 pages (large print), [16] pages of plates : color illustrations, color portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this shocking, timely, and inspirational memoir, Elissa Wall details her life growing up in the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints religious sect, being forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of 14, and her courage to testify against FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.--From publisher description.
