Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs - Brossura

Wall, Elissa; Pulitzer, Lisa

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ISBN 10: 0061734969 ISBN 13: 9780061734960

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2009

Riassunto

Describes the author's childhood in the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, her forced marriage to her abusive cousin at fourteen, how she managed to break free, and her testimony against the sect's leader, Warren Jeffs.

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Recensione:

“Wall’s story couldn’t be more timely. Her descriptions of the polygamous sect’s rigidity are shocking, but what’s most fascinating is the immensely likeable author’s struggle to reconcile her longing for happiness with her terror of it’s consequences.” (People)

L'autore:

Elissa Wall is a former member of the FLDS church who was forced into marriage at age fourteen. She left the FLDS at age eighteen and she currently resides with her two children and her husband, Lamont.

Lisa Pulitzer is a former correspondent for the New York Times andcoauthor of more than a dozen nonfiction titles, including the New York Times bestsellers Stolen Innocence, Imperfect Justice, and Mob Daughter.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061734969
• ISBN 13: 9780061734960
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 451