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HTML:When she was eighteen years old, Carolyn Jessop was coerced into an arranged marriage with a total stranger: a man thirty-two years her senior. Merril Jessop already had three wives. But arranged plural marriages were an integral part of Carolynâ??s heritage: She was born into and raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), the radical offshoot of the Mormon Church. Over the next fifteen years, Carolyn had eight children and withstood her husbandâ??s psychological abuse and the watchful eyes of his other wives, who were locked in a constant battle for supremacy.
Carolyn was miserable for years and wanted out, but she knew that if she tried to leave and got caught, her children would be taken away from her. But in 2003, Carolyn chose freedom over fear and fled her home with her eight children. Escape exposes a world tantamount to a prison camp, created by religious fanatics. Against this background, Carolyn Jessopâ??s flight takes on an extraordinary, inspiring power. She became the first woman ever granted full custody of her children in a contested suit involving the FLDS, and in 2006, her reports to the Utah attorney general on church abuses formed a crucial part of the case that led to the arrest of its notorious leader, Warr… (meer)
In de besloten wereld van de Fundamentalistische Kerk van Jezus Christus van de Heiligen der Laatste Dagen (FHLD) is Carolyn Jessop gedwongen om aan elke eis van haar overheersende echtgenoot te voldoen. Ze heeft geen geld, geen macht en is slechts een van de zes vrouwen die vechten om de aandacht van hun echtgenoot. Zeventien jaar lang ondergaat Carolyn deze vernedering in het belang van haar kinderen. Ze probeert hen te beschermen wanneer de nieuwe sekteleider Warren Jeffs meisjes op steeds jongere leeftijd laat trouwen. Maar als Carolyn ontdekt dat haar twaalfjarige dochter drie dagen in Jeffs huis heeft verbleven, weet ze dat ze alles in het werk moet stellen om te vluchten en haar kinderen mee te nemen.
Een jonge vrouw is lid van de Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), een fundamentalistische afsplitsing van de sekte van de Mormomen. De FLDS hangt polygamie aan. De vrouw krijgt op jonge leeftijd 8 kinderen en weet in 2003 met haar kinderen te ontsnappen aan de sekte. Een indringend en boeiend geschreven waargebeurd verhaal.
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I dedicate this book to my eight children: Arthur, Betty, LuAnne, Andrew, Patrick, Merrilee, Harrison, and Bryson. My love for you knows no bounds. Even in my darkest days, you always gave me the meaning and reason I needed to go on.
This book is also dedicated to the women and children who may feel as desperately trapped by polygamy as I did and may wonder if they even deserve to dream of freedom and safety. You do.
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Escape. The moment had come. I had been watching and waiting for months.
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Biography & Autobiography.
Religion & Spirituality.
Nonfiction.
HTML:When she was eighteen years old, Carolyn Jessop was coerced into an arranged marriage with a total stranger: a man thirty-two years her senior. Merril Jessop already had three wives. But arranged plural marriages were an integral part of Carolynâ??s heritage: She was born into and raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), the radical offshoot of the Mormon Church. Over the next fifteen years, Carolyn had eight children and withstood her husbandâ??s psychological abuse and the watchful eyes of his other wives, who were locked in a constant battle for supremacy.
Carolyn was miserable for years and wanted out, but she knew that if she tried to leave and got caught, her children would be taken away from her. But in 2003, Carolyn chose freedom over fear and fled her home with her eight children. Escape exposes a world tantamount to a prison camp, created by religious fanatics. Against this background, Carolyn Jessopâ??s flight takes on an extraordinary, inspiring power. She became the first woman ever granted full custody of her children in a contested suit involving the FLDS, and in 2006, her reports to the Utah attorney general on church abuses formed a crucial part of the case that led to the arrest of its notorious leader, Warr
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