Request pdf on feb 1, 2010, sc ian freckelton and others published escape, by carolyn jessop find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Its unimaginable in my mind that the types of cruelty and abuse depicted in this nonfiction account of life in a radical religious cult exist in the real world today, but they do. Carolyn was one of the first women to successfully escape the flds with her. Her family was part of the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latterday saints flds, a radical offshoot of the mormon church. Her childhood was affected by the sects suspicion of outsiders, 1 the division that took place in that flds in the 1970s and 80s and by the increasing strictness of the sect her family belonged to. Against this background, carolyn jessop s flight takes on an extraordinary, inspiring power.
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Her childhood was affected by the sects suspicion of outsiders, the division that took place in that flds in the 1970s and 80s and by the increasing strictness of the sect her family belonged to. Escape exposes a world tantamount to a prison camp, created by religious fanatics who, in the name of god, deprive their followers the right to make choices, force women to be totally subservient to men, and brainwash children in churchrun schools. In 2003, carolyn jessop, 35, a lifelong member of the extremist mormon sect the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latterday saints flds, gathered up her eight children, including her profoundly disabled fouryearold son, and escaped in the middle of the night to freedom. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english.
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She was born into and raised in the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latterday saints flds, the radical offshoot of the mormon church. Bookread escape by carolyn jessop book look italian pdf. Aged eighteen, she was forced to marry a man thirtytwo years her senior, who already had three wives. Carolyn was miserable for years and wanted out, but she knew that if she tried to leave and got caught, her children would be taken away from her. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Carolyn jessop was born into a sect in utah known as the fundamentalist church of the latter day saints.
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