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The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice
by M. Bridget Cook, Rebecca Musser
Whoa, this one was an emotional roller coaster! This memoir follows Rebecca’s time in the polygamous cult called the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). She speaks about the constant abuse (mostly sexual) in the cult, from her own childhood molestation by her half brother; to her marriage as the nineteenth wife (out of an eventual 67 wives!) to the cult’s 85-year-old Prophet and his sexual demands; to Warren Jeffs, the eventual leader of the cult, who married nearly 100 women, many of whom were underage, and forced his followers to give in to his bizarre sexual demands.
This book was fascinating, and I couldn’t believe how much of this I hadn’t heard about (the events of the book took place only a couple of years ago). I had heard some of the rumors about the temple in Eldorado, Texas, but I had no idea how much was going on behind the scenes. The first half of the book tells about Rebecca’s childhood and early adulthood, her hidden life as a child of the second wife, her education and indoctrination, her first marriage to Rulon, the 85-year-0ld Prophet, and her escape from the cult after Rulon died. The second half talks about the compound in Eldorado, Texas, and Rebecca’s struggle to balance her time helping with the officials there and trying to support her two children and her crumbling marriage to another former FLDS member. So many of the events recorded in this book are horrific, but somehow, Rebecca struggles to use her experiences to help other young girls from suffering the same fate that she and her sisters had.
Read more on my blog: http://newberyandbeyond.com/book-review-the-witness-wore-red/
This book was fascinating, and I couldn’t believe how much of this I hadn’t heard about (the events of the book took place only a couple of years ago). I had heard some of the rumors about the temple in Eldorado, Texas, but I had no idea how much was going on behind the scenes. The first half of the book tells about Rebecca’s childhood and early adulthood, her hidden life as a child of the second wife, her education and indoctrination, her first marriage to Rulon, the 85-year-0ld Prophet, and her escape from the cult after Rulon died. The second half talks about the compound in Eldorado, Texas, and Rebecca’s struggle to balance her time helping with the officials there and trying to support her two children and her crumbling marriage to another former FLDS member. So many of the events recorded in this book are horrific, but somehow, Rebecca struggles to use her experiences to help other young girls from suffering the same fate that she and her sisters had.
Read more on my blog: http://newberyandbeyond.com/book-review-the-witness-wore-red/