Escape

Highly Recommend

I had read Stolen Innocence so I was somewhat familiar with FDLS and was curious to see another viewpoint on the group. This book was so well written and so intriguing that I couldn't put it down. This woman's strength and courage are amazing. I am now reading her follow up book Triumph-Life After the Cult.

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Eye opening

A very honest telling of what goes on within polygamis relationships. You will be shocked to learn about firsthand experiences. You will find yourself rooting for Carolyn and her children through it all.

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American Taliban Alive and Well

'Escape' is an amazing eye opener into American Polygamy, and more spellbinding than a fictional thriller. Reading this book will leave you breathless and wondering why these women aren't running away by the thousands. Carolyn Jessop reveals what has been hidden for decades in the Mormon Fundamentalist lifesyle, paving the way for freedom from the oppression of these women and children. Put this AWESOME book at the top of your must read soon list.

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Likes to read true stories about courageous people

Once you start this book, you will not want to put it down! It is heart wrenching to read in some chapters just because of all the abuse she suffered in that world, but to know that she escaped this awful place makes you rejoice at the end. I have difficult time thinking that in this day and age, cults like that exist. Ms. Jessop's strength was amazing as she went through this ordeal...I do not think I could have survived what she did. God bless her...

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Great book!

Buy it! You wont regreat it!

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Great story

I truely enjoyed reading this book. It was well writen and I had a hard time putting it down. It had a ery nice ending.

Great book

This book was eye opening and well written. It was shocking, sad, joyful, amazing. I cried with her in book, and held my breath for her at times. Overall a great book.

This was a very informative and interesting story.

I would recommend this book to others interested in understanding religious extremists. This book is sensitively written to assist us in understanding those still in the Fundamental Church of the Latter Day Saints (FDLS).

This is a very sad story of how women can be mistreated in the p

This is a very sad story of how women can be mistreated in the polygamy world. However, it gives hope to those who still live in that world. I love the ending.

Highly Recommend

I could NOT put this book down. Knowing that this was a work of non-fiction made my skin crawl---I have nothing but admiration and respect for Carolyn Jessop. What a story!!

Not Mormon

FLDS IS NOT THE MORMON RELIGION. Do not get them mixed up. They are totally different. I'm sorry for what she went through and hope everything is better for and her children.

Good book club discussion book.

Interesting and informative. Not very well writen, but does give an insiders look to the extremists of the Morman religion.

Can't believe this is going on now and in America

An amazing story of courage

I could not put this book down as I had to find out how Carolyn finally escaped her polygamist marriage. This provides a glimpse into life as an FLDS woman and how the dynamics of the wives relationships with eachother and their husband. At times, I found myself not understanding why she could not leave sooner and continued to have more children with the abusive man she was married to. Overall, I enjoyed the story but I would also like to know more about what life is like for her now and how she adjusted to life in the "real" world.

5 stars!!

What a crazy and amazing story! Carolyn is a survivor and this book details all of the unbelievable nonsense she went through!

Good read

I pray for those left behind.

Unbelievable and Inspiring

"'Escape' by Carolyn Jessop is the true account of one woman's life in the FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), a radically conservative polygamist sect of the Mormon church - and the story of how she eventually escaped with her eight children. Carolyn relates what her life was like growing up in the FLDS, and through her experience we see how drastically the church changed once power shifted from prophet to prophet - and how it became unbearable under the leadership of Warren Jeffs. By this time, Carolyn had already been married and become a mother; when she was eighteen years old, she became the fourth wife of Merril Jessop - a man more than twice her own age. ..."

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Sooo Good!

Could not put this book down

Very Engrossing

The Housewives reality shows drama is nothing compared to what the Mormon women of the wealthy men endure in this cult. One woman dares to defy more odds then any woman in America has ever had to chance, to save her children of a spiraling destruction they were quickly getting sucked into. Her husband had so much power that it infiltrated the justices system and pulls every trick in the book to stop her. Her life is always on the line but she outsmarts him. Unbelievable quest for justice with a warm and happy ending of joy for her. An intense story, one all should be educated about. Lots of nail biting pages to read but triumphs with lots of cheers for a woman with determination and brains. A Hero to many I'm sure!

Geat Book!!

I bought this book thinking i would see what all this jeffs stuff was about, I will say it was worth every penny, to think of what these women an children go through makes me so sick to my stomach. Was so happy to see on the news today jeffs was found guilty, now if the if the feds can get the others like the men in this book this will be a better world!!!

super

i bought this book right when it came out in hardcover. i lent it out and lost it so i am so happy i can read it again on my nook. i loved this book. you wont be disappointed.