![]() ![]() ![]() This book is really hard to review…Īs always there are two aspects of why I like or dislike a book. If you’ve read any of my previous reviews I’ve probably stated the same thing, but this time I’m serious. But in 2003 Carolyn fled with her children and Escape is her story about her life in FLDS and how she escaped.Įscape by Carolyn Jessop isn’t an easy book to review. ![]() Carolyn wanted to escape for years but couldn't find a way out. Under the next years Carolyn had eight children with her husband and had to live through all kinds of different abuse from him and his other wives. At the age of eighteen she was forced into a arranged marriage with a man who was thirty-two years older than her. When Carolyn Jessop was born and raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). But when I was pushed to the point where it felt like my survival was at stake, my authentic self came to the fore." - Carolyn Jessop, Escape Most of the time I operated from my cult identity, which was pliant, submissive and obedient. “In a cult, you have two identities: your cult identity and your authentic self. ![]()
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