Elissa Wall Books

This author delves into her upbringing within the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and her subsequent life outside its confines. Her writing explores the complexities of familial relationships and the profound impact of traumatic experiences on identity. Through her work, she offers a piercing examination of the psychology and social structures within insular communities. Wall's narratives confront themes of abuse, oppression, and the arduous journey toward personal liberation and resilience.

Stolen Innocence LP
688 pages
25 hours of reading
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Elissa Wall's memoir recounts her harrowing journey from life within the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) to becoming a pivotal witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs. Her story highlights her courage and resilience as she breaks free from a restrictive environment and plays a crucial role in exposing and bringing a notorious criminal to justice, offering an inspiring narrative of empowerment and the fight for truth.
Stolen Innocence
My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
464 pages
17 hours of reading
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“Both creepy…and quite moving.” — New York Times Book Review “Wall’s story couldn’t be more timely.” — People Stolen Innocence is the gripping New York Times bestselling memoir of Elissa Wall, the courageous former member of Utah’s infamous FLDS polygamist sect whose powerful courtroom testimony helped convict controversial sect leader Warren Jeffs in September 2007. At once shocking, heartbreaking, and inspiring, Wall’s story of subjugation and survival exposes the darkness at the root of this rebel offshoot of the Mormon faith.
Het begon toen ik veertien was
431 pages
16 hours of reading
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Autobiografie over uithuwelijking, seksueel misbruik binnen een mormoonse sekte in Amerika. Auteur groeit op in een gemeenschap van de mormoonse sekte, Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FDLS), waar polygamie gebruikelijk is. Ze beschrijft haar gedwongen huwelijk op haar veertiende jaar en seksueel misbruik door haar echtgenoot. Dit leidt tot een rechtszaak in de periode 2005-2007 waarbij ze de sekteleider wegens verkrachting en misbruik van minderjarige meisjes aanklaagt.

Stolen Innocence LP

Stolen Innocence

Het begon toen ik veertien was