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A review by hectaizani
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall
4.0
The disturbing memoir of a young woman raised in a fundamentalist sect of the Mormon church that continues to promote and follow polygamous teachings.
While I don't have a problem with the idea of polygamy when practiced by consenting adults, I do have an issue with the idea of teenaged girls married to 83 year-old men, and with the idea of teenaged boys being removed from their homes so that they aren't in competition with their elders.
I found it very interesting how the author's family was so divided over the issue of her coming forward.
While I don't have a problem with the idea of polygamy when practiced by consenting adults, I do have an issue with the idea of teenaged girls married to 83 year-old men, and with the idea of teenaged boys being removed from their homes so that they aren't in competition with their elders.
I found it very interesting how the author's family was so divided over the issue of her coming forward.