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Church of Lies

By: Flora Jessop, Paul T. Brown
Narrated by: Eve Bianco
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From the Preface:

"My name is Flora Jessop. I've been called apostate, vigilante, and crazy bitch, and maybe I am. But some people call me a hero, and I'd like to think they're right too. If I am a hero, maybe it's because every time I can play a part in saving a child or a woman from a life of servitude and degradation, I'm saving a little piece of me, too.

I was one of 28 children born to my dad and his three wives. Indoctrinated to believe that the outside world was evil, and that I resided among the righteous, I was destined to marry a man chosen for me by the Prophet. I would then live in harmony with my sister-wives, bear many children, and obey and serve my future husband in this life and throughout eternity. But my innocence didn't last long. While still a child, I understood that the church of the righteous was nothing but a church of lies.

When I was eight years old my father sexually molested me for the first time, raping me when I was 12. I tried to kill myself. Beaten, molested, taunted, and abused by family members alleging they only wanted to save my soul became a daily routine, I ran from this abuse more than once in my early teens - even attempting to cross the desert on foot. My family hunted me down. I thought government agencies would provide me safety if I reported my father. Instead, police and social services colluded with the FLDS to return me to my family and I ended up back inside polygamy, right where I started."

Flora goes on from there to tell the dramatic true story of how she ultimately escaped and has been fighting against frustrating obstacles with hard-fought successes in rescuing women and children from the FLDS. It's a story you can't put down.

©2009 Flora Jessop and Paul T. Brown (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
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That things like this are happening in our life time is a travesty. The FLDS is just a front for misogynistic pedaphiles. The women are too brainwashed to be able to fight for their children and all in the name of getting to heaven ! What about focusing on the life they should be living and cherishing now. This book was eye opening and at times I had to put it down and have a break as it made me so angry.

Such a shocking true story

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Everyone should read this to understand the evil that polygamy is.
I cheer every single person who extricates themselves from these evil cults.

Shocking!

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this story, as hard as it was to hear at times, was powerful. it was an insight into the dark work of extremists who do horrific things in the name of God. Flora has done amazing things for so many people, she should feel so proud.

fascinating insight!

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It was a heartbreaking read, but a detailed and well written story. Everyone should read this to ensure it’s not replicated, and to highlight what abuse looks like under the guise of religion.

A necessary read to educate us all about FLDS

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A gripping and indepth look at life in short creek. very graphic with sexual abuse of children and a little long winded at the last 2hrs.

very indepth

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Thankyou for sharing your story and the stories of so many others who have no voice. Being a prisoner in your mind is a battle for alot, but for a few they are at war. Thankyou for giving us a glimpse.

Magnificent Work Done

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The books expose in the first person the abuse that the author received as a child in the FLDS and how her journey led her to find a path that focused on helping other innocent victims. Highly recommended it

What a great exposure to the FLDS

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Flora is brave and unwavering in telling the truths of her upbringing in polygamist fundamentalist Mormon church. A gripping true story of determination to survive and get out and leave the cult.

Fearless truth telling

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