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A review by kimball_hansen
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall
3.0
3.5 stars. I chuckled at the part where the people from Crick were referred to as "Crickers" like Aunt Donna says.
Her mom said the husband is supposed to teach about having a baby.
I think that the reason God commanded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to stop practicing plural marriage wasn't because of the US laws and being "afraid" of them like many nay-sayers believe. It's because of the offshoot churches like the FLDS making an abomination and disgrace of it all.
I wonder how many girls felt like she did after getting married.
I don't know why she says she loves her mom so much. All that she wrote about her was negative and not loving.
I didn't know that Warren denied being the prophet and said he was deceived. [b:Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult|34217597|Breaking Free How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult|Rachel Jeffs|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498607251l/34217597._SY75_.jpg|55268473] took place after and it said he had a strong hold on the church well after he was sent to prison. I'm glad this one has details of the legal stuff. Speaking of which, I hate the kinds of lawyers that defend obvious guilty people like Warren. They should share in some of the conviction and retribution.
Her mom said the husband is supposed to teach about having a baby.
I think that the reason God commanded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to stop practicing plural marriage wasn't because of the US laws and being "afraid" of them like many nay-sayers believe. It's because of the offshoot churches like the FLDS making an abomination and disgrace of it all.
I wonder how many girls felt like she did after getting married.
I don't know why she says she loves her mom so much. All that she wrote about her was negative and not loving.
I didn't know that Warren denied being the prophet and said he was deceived. [b:Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult|34217597|Breaking Free How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult|Rachel Jeffs|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498607251l/34217597._SY75_.jpg|55268473] took place after and it said he had a strong hold on the church well after he was sent to prison. I'm glad this one has details of the legal stuff. Speaking of which, I hate the kinds of lawyers that defend obvious guilty people like Warren. They should share in some of the conviction and retribution.