Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs (Hardcover)

from over.the.edge

Breaking Free:How I Escaped Polygamy, The FLDS Cult, and my Father, Warren Jeffs.By Rachel Jeffs2017Harper's CollinsIntriguing. ....Honest.....must read!!Rachel Jeffs was one of the "favorites" of more than 50 wives of Warren Jeffs, the self proclaimed "prophet" of the FLDS. She was also one of t...

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What a dink. I'm always drawn to these kinds of books. I don't know what my problem is. I love learning about cults, and serial killers and all that weird, disturbing stuff. I just want to know why people do what they do. This book is fascinating and gives a very clear idea of what goes on behind...

from mcelhra

A new polygamy book - yay! Breaking Free is a memoir by Rachel Jeffs, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, leader of the FLDS church. The Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, or FLDS, is a polygamous sect that is basically a cult. Jeffs himself has more than 70 wives. He dictates who women marry and got in...

from nancyjean19

Rachel's story is absolutely horrifying, and I'm so impressed that she managed to maintain a sense of humor and a sense of self throughout her experience. I would have liked a bit more self-reflection or commentary on the church as a whole, because I was left still unclear on what drove everyone ...

from sweetiegherkin

This memoir tells the young story of a woman who suffered at the hands of her father's megalomania. At a young age, Rachel is shamed into believing she's a sinner -- in part due her father's molestation of her and the subsequent mind games he plays with her and her sisters. For instance, in one n...