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Stolen Innocence : : my Story of Growing up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs

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In this shocking, timely, and inspirational memoir, Elissa Wall details her life growing up in the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints religious sect, being forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of 14, and her courage to testify against FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.--From publisher description.

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Interesting but unsettling submitted by aohall on July 29, 2015, 4:40pm This is a well-written memoir with a lot of insight into life in the FLDS cult. I enjoyed it, but some readers might find the content upsetting.

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PUBLISHED
New York : William Morrow, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: x, 438 p., [16] p. of plates : col.ill., ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0061734969
9780061628016
0061628018

SUBJECTS
Wall, Elissa.
Jeffs, Warren, -- 1955-
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Forced marriage.
Abused wives -- Biography.
Marriage -- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Mormons -- Biography.
Polygamy.
Sexual abuse.
Mormon fundamentalism.