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Biografieën
In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it.
Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture defined by subordinate sister wives and men they must obey. No one in this radical splinter sect of the Mormon Church was more powerful or terrifying than its leader Warren Jeffs—Rachel’s father.
Living outside mainstream Mormonism and federal law, Jeffs arranged marriages between under-age girls and middle-aged and elderly members of his congregation. In 2006, he gained international notoriety when the FBI placed him on its Ten Most Wanted List. Though he is serving a life sentence for child sexual assault, Jeffs’ iron grip on the church remains firm, and his edicts to his followers increasingly restrictive and bizarre.
In Breaking Free, Rachel blows the lid off this taciturn community made famous by John Krakauer’s bestselling Under the Banner of Heaven to offer a harrowing look at her life with Warren Jeffs, and the years of physical and emotional abuse she suffered. Sexually assaulted, compelled into an arranged polygamous marriage, locked away in ""houses of hiding"" as punishment for perceived transgressions, and physically separated from her children, Rachel, Jeffs’ first plural daughter by his second of more than fifty wives, eventually found the courage to leave the church in 2015. But Breaking Free is not only her story—Rachel’s experiences illuminate those of her family and the countless others who remain trapped in the strange world she left behind.
A shocking and mesmerizing memoir of faith, abuse, courage, and freedom, Breaking Free is an expose of religious extremism and a beacon of hope for anyone trying to overcome personal obstacles.
A Family Tree PDF accopmanies the audiobook.
© 2017 HarperAudio (Luisterboek): 9780062694836
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 14 november 2017
4.2
Biografieën
In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it.
Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture defined by subordinate sister wives and men they must obey. No one in this radical splinter sect of the Mormon Church was more powerful or terrifying than its leader Warren Jeffs—Rachel’s father.
Living outside mainstream Mormonism and federal law, Jeffs arranged marriages between under-age girls and middle-aged and elderly members of his congregation. In 2006, he gained international notoriety when the FBI placed him on its Ten Most Wanted List. Though he is serving a life sentence for child sexual assault, Jeffs’ iron grip on the church remains firm, and his edicts to his followers increasingly restrictive and bizarre.
In Breaking Free, Rachel blows the lid off this taciturn community made famous by John Krakauer’s bestselling Under the Banner of Heaven to offer a harrowing look at her life with Warren Jeffs, and the years of physical and emotional abuse she suffered. Sexually assaulted, compelled into an arranged polygamous marriage, locked away in ""houses of hiding"" as punishment for perceived transgressions, and physically separated from her children, Rachel, Jeffs’ first plural daughter by his second of more than fifty wives, eventually found the courage to leave the church in 2015. But Breaking Free is not only her story—Rachel’s experiences illuminate those of her family and the countless others who remain trapped in the strange world she left behind.
A shocking and mesmerizing memoir of faith, abuse, courage, and freedom, Breaking Free is an expose of religious extremism and a beacon of hope for anyone trying to overcome personal obstacles.
A Family Tree PDF accopmanies the audiobook.
© 2017 HarperAudio (Luisterboek): 9780062694836
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 14 november 2017
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Anja
10 jun 2020
Kan niet luisteren naar deze vreselijke stem
Marieke
1 jul 2022
I was intrigued about the subject matter but could not get used to the voice. Generally, I prefer books that are read by the author but in this case it was a distraction for me and as a result took away a lot of the impact the book might have had otherwise. I stopped listening.
Het Meisje
7 feb 2023
Trigger warning seksueel misbruik, ondervoeding en afzondering zijn zeker op hun plaats. Wat een verschrikkelijk leven heeft deze vrouw doorstaan.
Nicolette
16 okt 2020
Very very irritating voice, but interesting story.
Patricia
23 feb 2023
Wat een bijzonder verhaal. Onvoorspelbaar. De stem is wennen maar aangezien t de stem van de auteur is maakt t het verhaal nog heftiger.
Mirte
8 jun 2023
Moest wel erg wennen aan haar stem.
Desiree
29 nov 2022
what a special story, unbelievable. Brave to describe this and choose your own life after all these years of complete brainwash This audio book also taught me as a Dutchman many new English words, Thank you!
Anita
24 feb 2023
Unbelievable the life they live. It teaches us how brainwashed people can become.
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