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

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Harrowing escape from oppressive polygamous sect.

If you're curious about personal resilience and the human spirit's capacity to overcome, "Stolen Innocence" might resonate with you. Elissa Wall’s true story of tremendous courage in the face of a repressive upbringing in the FLDS religious sect is both heartbreaking and inspiring. It’s a deep dive into a controversial issue, offering an insider’s perspective on cult-like environments and the road to emotional freedom.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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

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ISBN: 9780007307418
Authors: Elissa Wall
Publisher: Harper
Date of Publication: 2009-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.94
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A tale of survival and freedom, Stolen Innocence is the story of one heroic woman who stood up for what was right and reclaimed her life. In September 2007, a packed courtroom in St. George, Utah, sat hushed as Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her to marry her first cousin at the age of fourteen. This harrowing and vivid account proved to be the most compelling evidence against Jeffs, showing the harsh realities of the lengths to which Jeffs went in order to control the sect's women. Now, in this courageous memoir, Elissa Wall tells the incredible and inspirational story of how she emerged from the confines of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) and helped bring one of America's most notorious criminals to justice. Offering a child's perspective on life in the FLDS, Wall discusses her tumultuous youth, and explains how Warren Jeffs's influence over the church twisted its already rigid beliefs in dangerous new directions. Once she was married, Wall's childhood shattered as she was obligated to follow Jeffs's directives and submit to her husband in "mind, body, and soul." With little money and no knowledge of the outside world, she was trapped and forced to endure the pain and abuse of her
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Harrowing escape from oppressive polygamous sect.

If you're curious about personal resilience and the human spirit's capacity to overcome, "Stolen Innocence" might resonate with you. Elissa Wall’s true story of tremendous courage in the face of a repressive upbringing in the FLDS religious sect is both heartbreaking and inspiring. It’s a deep dive into a controversial issue, offering an insider’s perspective on cult-like environments and the road to emotional freedom.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.