Quest'autrice approfondisce la sua educazione all'interno della Chiesa fondamentalista di Gesù Cristo dei Santi degli Ultimi Giorni e la sua vita successiva al di fuori dei suoi confini. La sua scrittura esplora le complessità delle relazioni familiari e il profondo impatto delle esperienze traumatiche sull'identità. Attraverso il suo lavoro, offre un esame penetrante della psicologia e delle strutture sociali all'interno di comunità isolate. Le narrazioni di Wall affrontano temi di abuso, oppressione e il faticoso percorso verso la liberazione personale e la resilienza.
Elissa Wall's memoir recounts her harrowing journey from life within the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) to becoming a pivotal witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs. Her story highlights her courage and resilience as she breaks free from a restrictive environment and plays a crucial role in exposing and bringing a notorious criminal to justice, offering an inspiring narrative of empowerment and the fight for truth.
My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
“Both creepy…and quite moving.” — New York Times Book Review “Wall’s story couldn’t be more timely.” — People Stolen Innocence is the gripping New York Times bestselling memoir of Elissa Wall, the courageous former member of Utah’s infamous FLDS polygamist sect whose powerful courtroom testimony helped convict controversial sect leader Warren Jeffs in September 2007. At once shocking, heartbreaking, and inspiring, Wall’s story of subjugation and survival exposes the darkness at the root of this rebel offshoot of the Mormon faith.
Autobiografie over uithuwelijking, seksueel misbruik binnen een mormoonse sekte in Amerika. Auteur groeit op in een gemeenschap van de mormoonse sekte, Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FDLS), waar polygamie gebruikelijk is. Ze beschrijft haar gedwongen huwelijk op haar veertiende jaar en seksueel misbruik door haar echtgenoot. Dit leidt tot een rechtszaak in de periode 2005-2007 waarbij ze de sekteleider wegens verkrachting en misbruik van minderjarige meisjes aanklaagt.