Het begon toen ik veertien was
Mijn jeugd en gedwongen huwelijk in een sekte - druk 7
- 431 pages
- 16 hours of reading
Elissa Wall Book order (chronological)
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
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
“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.