bailedI feel like I have either read this one (I looked and it doesn't look like I have) or just the story is too much on the forefront of my mind. I am gonna #DNF it - maybe I will pick It up later. but this is not the time.
pickThere are reviews doubting Musser, but if even half of what she talks about is true, the events are still horrific. Another reviewer complained that she used dialog when there‘s no way she could remember every talk verbatim. That‘s a ridiculous complaint as it‘s true of every memoir. Musser herself acknowledges that her memory is often different from others. As an account of FLDS life & Warren Jeffs‘ trial this is an important book.
I‘m having an extremely hard time understanding WTAF is wrong with someone like Warren Jeffs and the people who continue to defend him, knowing the things he‘s done. 7:00pm seems to be a decent time to walk as it‘s only 90° instead of over 100° at that time. #audiowalk
pickAnd finally, the last book for January!
I may have an unhealthy facination with the FLDS and Warren Jeffs but this one is a must read! You don't really learn much different in the way this branch was run but the way Rebecca Musser handled herself over time and the bravery she showed in speaking out is admirable. I hope this book was freeing and she continues to heal ❤️
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pickWOW!! This first person account of life in the FLDS was riveting from page 1. Her description of life in the FLDS, its control over its adherents, its decision that she should marry her first cousin despite her pleas to to prevent , and later to end, this forced marriage was disturbing and gut wrenching. Elissa‘s courage making a break from the FLDS and her testimony in the criminal case against a former church leader is admirable. Just WOW!
