Escape
Author: Carolyn Jessop
In the closed world of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, Carolyn Jessop was forced to obey her controlling husband’s every demand. She had no money, no power and existed as one of six wives battling for her husband’s attention.For seventeen years Carolyn suffered for the sake of her children. She tried to protect them as the cult’s new leader, Warren Jeffs, s….Read More
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