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Biografier
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 (Ljudbok): 9780062694836
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 14 november 2017
4.2
Biografier
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 (Ljudbok): 9780062694836
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 14 november 2017
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Lisa
10 maj 2023
Inledningsvis irriterade jag mig på uppläsarens röst MEN uppläsaren är författaren som är Rachel Jeffs... Hennes sårbarhet bara ökar på innehållet...
Malin
11 apr. 2023
Jag upptäckte boken, som hon har läst in själv, via Rachels Instagram och det är en intressant, hemsk och fascinerande berättelse - med lyckligt slut. Och jag rekommenderar den verkligen
Elizabeth
18 juli 2023
Interesting but the author is very monotone in her speaking. I’m sure it might be due to her upbringing.
Catherine
2 juni 2023
Så naket, ärligt, enkelt och rättframt beskriver Rachel Jeffs livet som dotter till en sektledare. En viktig berättelse för den som vill förstå principen med hjärntvätt och varför människor tillslut accepterar en alltmer grym tillvaro som bara krymper och krymper. Inte helt olik George Orwells ’1984’ som förövrigt är en av de bästa böcker som någonsin skrivits. Lite svårt att höra vad författaren säger ibland men fint att hon ändå läser själv.
Barbro
20 juli 2023
Blev mest förbannad på denna gubbe som inte nöjde sig med åtta fruar utan måste ge sig på döttrarna. Orkade inte lyssna klart på hennes späda röst. Intressant ämne och bra att hon berättar men inte tillräckligt för att uppehålla mitt intresse. Har sett en bra doku som heter Keep sweet och gillade serien Big love. Människor är märkliga i sitt sökande. Skulle vilja veta mer om alla de killar som ”blir över”.
Cecilia
9 dec. 2022
Så bra bok.
Märta
3 maj 2023
Hade slutat förvåna mig över sektledare och allt den innebär tills jag lyssnade denna! Den här boken alltså Warren jeffs är next level liksom! I hope att he dies a VERY painful dead behind bars!
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