ticvoria_ 's review for:

Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Lisa Pulitzer, Elissa Wall

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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This was simultaneously a difficult read and not a difficult read. Elissa’s story is heartbreaking but told in a way that you can empathize with how she was feeling and understand the context of how growing up FLDS moulded the way she saw the world before leaving the cult.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide attempt