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The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice
M. Bridget Cook, Rebecca Musser
4.01 AVERAGE
311 reviews for:
The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice
M. Bridget Cook, Rebecca Musser
4.01 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
inspiring
tense
slow-paced
emotional
informative
inspiring
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault
The Witness Wore Red
Rebecca Musser
Rebeccas openness and her incredible memory skills were invaluable in putting Warren Jeffs behind bars.
If you’ve watched “Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey,” you should absolutely read this book to add details to the mini-docuseries.
Truly, everyone should. It’s so vital to understand things that happen in our own backyards.
Be aware and always be ready to step up and help when you can.
I’m so proud of the former FLDS members that made it out. What a book.
Rebecca Musser
Rebeccas openness and her incredible memory skills were invaluable in putting Warren Jeffs behind bars.
If you’ve watched “Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey,” you should absolutely read this book to add details to the mini-docuseries.
Truly, everyone should. It’s so vital to understand things that happen in our own backyards.
Be aware and always be ready to step up and help when you can.
I’m so proud of the former FLDS members that made it out. What a book.
It’s so important to hear about these famous true crime stories from the people who were affected by it instead of outside voices.
Rebecca wrote and spoke so clearly, passionately and well. While I may have sometimes disagreed with her views, I appreciated her honesty, vulnerability and willingness to explain how or why she thought the way she did.
Rebecca wrote and spoke so clearly, passionately and well. While I may have sometimes disagreed with her views, I appreciated her honesty, vulnerability and willingness to explain how or why she thought the way she did.
The FLDS are an area of interest that never gets old. This was especially interesting since Rebecca had many encounters with Warren Jessop. A fascinating read.
The situation Musser comes from and fights against is incredibly disturbing. I was horrified at the depths of depravity that the FLDS leaders and even sometimes members would sink to. It is unsurprising, but still alarming to see all the similarities and connections with the LDS church.
🎧 The Witness Wore Red by Rebecca Musser
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I could not put this one down! Rebecca Musser details her life growing up in the FDLS-the fundamentalist sect of the a Mormon Church who practice polygamy and who is considered by many to be a cult. Musser tells the story of her childhood, her time as the 19th wife more than 60 years her senior, her escape from the church, and how she became a central witness in bringing some of the church leaders to justice. Her story is nothing short of heroic. The end was a little drawn out, so I knocked off one star, but overall it was a gripping listen.
The fourth star is for the importance of the story she told.
This book stirred up all the feels. Anger topped the list, but disgust wasn’t far behind.
The audiobook was read by the author. I respect the woman for getting herself out of that prison—and make no mistake, it may have been masquerading as a town, but it was as much a prison as San Quentin for the women there. At the same time, I cringed every time she described her lingering belief in the doctrine she walked out on.
Every now and then, her voice would get strong and confident, and I would want to cheer. Then it would lapse back into that “keep sweet” breathiness (à la Michelle Duggar), which would have me seething with anger again— not at Rebecca, but at the entire culture that spawned her.
(Note: In the final chapters, she described how she was finally able to let those old beliefs go, and there was much rejoicing in my car.)
I want to write a bunch of stuff here. Stuff about subjugating women under the guise of holiness, and the fact that any “sincerely held religious beliefs” seem to be valued more highly than basic human rights in 21st century Murrica™. I’ll condense it to this: while poets wonder if the world will end in fire or ice, I wonder how long it can withstand the sheer mass of willful/enforced ignorance.
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