In this shocking, timely, and inspirational memoir, Elissa Wall details her life growing up in the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints religious sect, being forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of 14, and her courage to testify against FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.
Record details
ISBN:9780061734960 (pbk)
Physical Description:print x, 451 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., ports. (chiefly col.) ; 18 cm.
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York : Harper, [2009], c2008.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- Part 1: -- 1: New mother -- 2: Growing up and keeping sweet -- 3: Good priesthood children -- 4: In light and truth -- 5: Rise of Warren -- 6: Out of control -- 7: Reassignment -- 8: Preparing for Zion -- 9: Revelation is made -- 10: Celestial law -- 11: Word of the prophet -- 12: Man and wife -- 13: All alone -- Part 2: -- 14: Survival begins -- 15: Destruction is upon us -- 16: Death comes to short creek -- 17: False prophet -- 18: Refuge in Canada -- 19: Nowhere to run -- 20: Pair of headlights -- 21: Promise not to tell -- 22: Story like mine -- 23: Love at last -- 24: Choosing my future -- Part 3: -- 25: New beginnings -- 26: Coming forward -- 27: Captured -- 28: Facing Warren -- 29: Trial begins -- 30: End is in sight -- 31: I am free -- Epilogue -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments.
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