Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
A moving and inspirational true story of one woman’s life after fleeing the ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect featured in Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey—from the New York Times bestselling author of Escape
“Triumph is thoughtful, intelligent, and engaging.”—Meg Wolitzer, bestselling author of The Interestings
In 2003, Carolyn Jessop,...
“Triumph is thoughtful, intelligent, and engaging.”—Meg Wolitzer, bestselling author of The Interestings
In 2003, Carolyn Jessop,...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it.
Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture defined by subordinate sister wives
...4) Lost boy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), girls can become valuable property as plural wives, but boys are expendable, even a liability. In this powerful and heartbreaking account, former FLDS member Brent Jeffs reveals both the terror and the love he experienced growing up on his prophet’s compound—and the harsh exile existence that so many boys face once they have been expelled...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a polygamous cult in the desert, Kyra, not yet fourteen, sees being chosen to be the seventh wife of her uncle as just punishment for having read books and kissed a boy, in violation of Prophet Childs' teachings, and is torn between facing her fate and running away from all that she knows and loves.
Publisher
Showtime Documentary Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Revealing look into the shocking life of notorious cult leader Warren Jeffs and the FLDS Church. Through brainwashing and abuse, the former "President and Prophet, Seer and Revelator" seized control of his followers' lives and an organization worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Currently serving a life sentence for his crimes, the former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive, Warren Jeffs, is more powerful than ever, exerting total authority over his flock....
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request