The teen forced to marry her cousin that finally got Warren Jeffs put away. Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer. Lost Boy by Brent Jeffs, escaping FLDS from a man's perspecitve. They were sister wives of a LeBaron, who took the family to live in Mexico, Nicaragua, and some other inhospitable places.

She escaped, and has helped others escape, and carries a gun with her because people try to kill her now and then. Brown I don't think she married a Jessop, she was one of many kids who didn't want to live in polygamy. She's the one with a very sick son her husband says is due to her not obeying God (and her husband).Ĭhurch of Lies by Flora Jessop and Paul T. FLDS before the Jeffs took over.Įscape Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer a great starter for who are the FLDS and how did they get to where they are today (or were a decade ago)ĭaughter of the Saints by Dorothy Allred. I once read about a fire department in Colorado City (today's Short Creek) and the chief, president, and vice president were all different guys named Barlow. They had lots of wives and lots of children, so lots of their last names got around. The founders of Short Creek were Allred, Barlow, Jessop, and Steed. I guess it was her previous husband's last name but perhaps she was Carolyn's SIL or Merill's DIL? Anyone know? But when Carolyn discovered that her twelve-year-old daughter had spent three days at. Forced to obey her controlling husbands every demand, she had no money and no power. She became one of 6 wives and bore him 8 children in 15 years. The FLDS emerged in the 1930s as a fundamentalist offshoot of the Mormon church. Born into the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, (FLDS) Jessop describes the life in a cult and her adventure of escaping the FLDS. Wasn't Robin from Sister Wives a Jessop? Any relation? I kept wondering that as I read the book but could never find anything. Aged eighteen, Carolyn Jessop was forced to marry a 50-year-old stranger and religious cult member. The book Escape told by Carolyn Jessop is a look into the scary reality of a polygamist family.

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