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Anytime somebody courageously tells their story, they are to be applauded, especially when you stand up against an institution with as much grounding, power, influence and history as the FLDS. The FLDS is a cult, pure and simple, and it engages in systemic sexual, mental, & physical abuse of its members, some of whom are indoctrinated so heavily that they are not only unaware of their own abuse, but are facilitators and dispensers of it. Rebecca Musser's powerful memoir is interesting in this way, because we get an overview of her childhood, move quickly into marriage with Rulon Jeffs (which, of course, happened while she was still a child) and then there's this quick acceleration into adulthood - which is probably what growing up FLDS feels like.
Her split from the church and eventual condemnation of it and testifying against it are less of a rejection of the faith and the capital "W" Work than they are part and parcel of an independent, strong and feminist awakening for her, and because of that, there are some spots where the reader will not always be sympathetic with Musser, but on the whole, this is a solid and necessary book for understanding not only the specific breed of evil control being used here, but also the phenomenon in general.
Her split from the church and eventual condemnation of it and testifying against it are less of a rejection of the faith and the capital "W" Work than they are part and parcel of an independent, strong and feminist awakening for her, and because of that, there are some spots where the reader will not always be sympathetic with Musser, but on the whole, this is a solid and necessary book for understanding not only the specific breed of evil control being used here, but also the phenomenon in general.