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"J" books:
Escape by Carolyn Jessop
True story of Carolyn's life in the polygamist 'cult' of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and her escape with her eight children. Some editing flaws (a fair bit of repetition) but a powerful tale.
Just After Sunset by ... Escape by Carolyn Jessop
-- All I really knew about polygamy was what I learned from the HBO series, "Big Love". This is the frightening (and all too real) story of Carolyn Blackmore Jessop, who was born into the radical polygamist cult of the Fundamentalist Church of the Latter-Day Saints. Sh ... Hi there again!!
My latest favorites have been:
When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson
Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Pretty Is What Changes by Jessica Queller
Cold Eye by Giles Blunt (from 1989, now out of print.
I found the copy of Cold Eye at Goodwill for 99 cents! Yippee! ... I've been reading some really good books lately, including When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson, Escape by Carolyn Jessop, Pretty Is What Changes by Jessica Queller, and the one I'm currently reading, Cold Eye by Giles Blunt. It makes me so happy to have had so many good ones in a ... Memories of Me
1. Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford (started 10/20/09 -- finished 10/23/09)
2. Escape by Carolyn Jessop (started 10/27/09 -- finished 10/29/09)
3. In My Hands by Irene Gut Opdyke (started 11/26/09 -- finished 11/27/09)
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I cannot read the Jessop book at night. It is well-written and engrossing, but it makes me so sick, and so angry I can't read it at ... Finished Escape by Carolyn Jessop and am starting 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith. I'm ready for some whimsy after being immersed in the radical FLDS sect for the past few days. I need to shake it off. ... great. It says what I would have said, had I reviewed it. (Or wait, did I? Can't remember.)
Anyhow, I am still reading Escape by Carolyn Jessop. It's a bit of a slow go, but then we are also working on some redecorating so I don't get to my reading until rather late. But the culture of the F ... I needed a completely different kind of book after reading The Thirteenth Tale, so I picked up Escape by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. It's the true story of Carolyn's escape with her eight children from a polygamous marriage in the radical polygamist cult, Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Da ... I agree with you about Escape, which I read last year. The adjustment to non-polygamous life was certainly the best part. I also would have liked to learn more about her youngest boy's medical condition. Have you read a lot about polygamous communities? What other books on the subject would you ... ... Samaria books - it might take awhile, though. I have a stack of library books up to my knee waiting for me.
Book 15 is Escape by Carolyn Jessop, the autobiographical story of a woman who escaped from Warren Jeff's polygamous community. It was a little difficult for me to get into at ... Monday at Barnes and Noble:
Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Capturing Paris by Katharine Davis
Wednesday at Barnes and Noble:
My French Kitchen: A Book of 120 Treasured Recipes by Joanne Harris and Fran Warde
All You Need To Be Impossibly French by Helena Frith Powell
Quite a Year For ... 4.1 Escape by Carolyn Jessop started 1/20/09; finished 1/24/09 ... Woke Up by Rich Blake
Against Medical Advice By James Patterson
Shattered Dreams by Irene Spencer
Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Stolen Innocence by Elissa Walls
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Edited for Tocustones
Best Mysteries
The Dark Tide by ... ... she gets to the part where she is trying to leave her traditional, repressive life behind. Oddly enough, it reminds me of Escape by Carolyn Jessop. Strange to think that fundamentalist Islam and the FLDS would have elements in common, but they do. ... Ayaan Hirsi Ali
5. Even the Stars Look Lonesome by Maya Angelou
6. My Name is Iran by Davar Ardalan
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Hmm, I may need to look for some more memoirs by men... ... going to post my wishlist again because I've added a lot of different stuff, some of which I really want (especially Escape, Shattered Dreams, and We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families). Plus I have a nice handful of points, and they're burning a ... ... 20% off sale looking for three specific books: We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families, Escape, and Shattered Dreams. I was also hoping that maybe they would have The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead, and Unaccust ... 56. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie 255 pages
57. Escape by Carolyn Jessop 413 pages
58. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 425 pages
58/75 (77.3%)
20,823 pages ... the titles you listed, I think Shattered Dreams has, by far, the best writing and most compelling storyline. I felt like Escape was poorly written, and it bugged me how the story jumped around without rhyme or reason. I only made it through 50 pages of Stolen Innocence before I used the Pea ... ... you from the first sentence.
I think the recent books about FLDS Morman sects ruled by Warren Jeffs would fit the bill.
Escape by Carolyn Jessop and Stolen Innocence by Elissa Walls. Both very interesting-- abuse, marriage forced on girls too young, families split up in the name ... Hi Star,
Nice to meet you. I am presently reading Escape by Carolyn Jessop about her experiences growing up in a polygamous family of the FLDS sect. I am thinking of a long novel after that. Count of Monte Cristo? Something else? Who knows? I always seem to pick my books at the last ... I finished Escape by Carolyn Jessop on Friday night. If you are interested in Warren Jeffs rise to power in the FLDS church this book will give you some insights.
I finished Sail by James Patterson on Sunday.
I am now reading Marley & Me by John Grogan for my book club. 43. Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Another book where the woman escapes FLDS pologamy. It was very interesting in light of Warren Jeffs compound getting raided earlier this year. It answered questions I had about the religion. A good read. I am reading Escape byCarolyn Jessop and also Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio. ... last fall and came across Shattered Dreams by Irene Spencer. It hasn't gotten as much press as Stolen Innocence or Escape, but I thought the writing was much better and the story had a better flow. Granted, Spencer wasn't a member of FLDS royalty like the other two authors, but the ...
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