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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 289.3092
EAN: 9780739496343
ISBN: 0061628018
Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Sales Rank: 4960
Studio: William Morrow
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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 age fourteen. This harrowing and vivid account proved to be the most compelling evidence against Jeffs, showing the harsh realities of this closed community and 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, explaining how her family's turbulent past intersected with her strong will and identified her as a girl who needed to be controlled through marriage. Detailing how Warren Jeffs's influence over the church twisted its already rigid beliefs in dangerous new directions, Wall portrays the inescapable mind-set and unrelenting pressure that forced her to wed despite her repeated protests that she was too young.
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 loveless relationship, which eventually pushed her to spend nights sleeping in her truck rather than face the tormentor in her bed.
Yet even in those bleak times, she retained a sliver of hope that one day she would find a way out, and one snowy night that came in the form of a rugged stranger named Lamont Barlow. Their chance encounter set in motion a friendship and eventual romance that gave her the strength she needed to break free from her past and sever the chains of the church.
But though she was out of the FLDS, Wall would still have to face Jeffs—this time in court. In Stolen Innocence, she delves into the difficult months on the outside that led her to come forward against him, working with prosecutors on one of the biggest criminal cases in Utah's history, so that other girls still inside the church might be spared her cruel fate.
More than 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.
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Rating:  - Audio Version
I listened to this books on audio cd.The readers little girl whispery voice was intensely annoying.I did finish it and I would never presume to critize her choices and acts.What I find difficult to understand (spoiler ahead) are her choices outside the "church".She speaks of her mother and father as victims of a "religion" and of their inability to help or protect her as "because of their religous beliefs".The religious belief that one man and one man only talks to God and runs their life. ... Read More
Rating:  - Kindle Version/Awsome Story worth reading
Stolen Innocence was a unique story written about how one woman was able to escape the clutches of the FLDS after a 4 year forced marriage at age 14 to her first cousin who had been known to be abusive towards her as children. When she would not obey him, he repeatedly raped and physically abused her.
The marriage was arranged, in part, as punishment to her and her mother because they had spoken out on several ocassions and were thought to be a "troubled" family. Despite her begging and ... Read More
Rating: - Thought-provoking
I thought this was an excellent book, very thought-provoking.It was a look into a very strange life compared to how most women live in this day and age.It seems hard to understand how these women and men go along with a "prophet" who makes every decision for them, including who they marry and at what age. Then you look back at history and there were many people who were able to control others like this, eg. Jim Jones, whose followers committed mass suicide.It is hard to believe that this kind of ... Read More
Rating:  - A disturbing and thought-provoking look at the FLDS
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
A disturbing look at the cult commonly called the FLDS, a polygamy espousing sect with enclaves in British Columbia, Utah, Arizona, Texas and Mexico and ruthlessly run by jailed "prophet" Warren Steed Jeffs.This is the story of Elissa Wall whom Jeffs forced to marry at age fourteen her abusive first cousin, and from whom she later escaped.
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Rating:  - Stolen Innonence
There is no doubt that Elissa Wall suffered at the hands of the FLDS cult and Warren Jeffs in particular.Her story would have been more engaging had it been more succinct in it's writing.Read:it went on and on and on........While the tone and style are that of a young girl, (and perhaps the author(s) wanted to maintain that), the book simply grew tiresome from redundancy, lack of intrigue, and sheer wordiness.While Wall definitely has a story to tell, she could have told it better.
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