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Breaking free : how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult and my father Warren Jeffs, Rachel Jeffs
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- Summary
- In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it. Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture defined by subordinate sister wives and men they must obey. No one in this radical splinter sect of the Mormon Church was more powerful or terrifying than its leader Warren Jeffs - Rachel's father. Living outside mainstream Mormonism and federal law, Jeffs arranged marriages between under-age girls and middle-aged and elderly members of his congregation. In 2006, he gained international notoriety when the FBI placed him on its Ten Most Wanted List. Though he is serving a life sentence for child sexual assault, Jeffs' iron grip on the church remains firm, and his edicts to his followers increasingly restrictive and bizarre. In Breaking Free, Rachel blows the lid off this taciturn community made famous by John Krakauer's bestselling Under the Banner of Heaven to offer a harrowing look at her life with Warren Jeffs, and the years of physical and emotional abuse she suffered. Sexually assaulted, compelled into an arranged polygamous marriage, locked away in 'houses of hiding' as punishment for perceived transgressions, and physically separated from her children, Rachel, Jeffs' first plural daughter by his second of more than fifty wives, eventually found the courage to leave the church in 2015. But Breaking Free is not only her story - Rachel's experiences illuminate those of her family and the countless others who remain trapped in the strange world she left behind. A shocking and mesmerising memoir of faith, abuse, courage, and freedom, Breaking Free is an expose of religious extremism and a beacon of hope for anyone trying to overcome personal obstacles
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- First published in the United States in 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers
- Contents
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- You could drive a car through my family tree
- Sins of the father
- Mind games
- Rebellion
- Keep your enemy close
- Heavenly Father offers a blessing
- Wedding
- Love, plural style
- The prophet rises
- Plural wife
- Do you have cows?
- Land of refuge
- This is what hell feels like
- The good years
- The raid
- Life goes on
- The noose tightens
- Purgatory
- Back in the fold
- Solitary confinement
- Enough
- Flirting with damnation
- Sister secret
- First one out
- Over the wall
- Answered prayers
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781760632892
- Label
- Breaking free : how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult and my father Warren Jeffs
- Title
- Breaking free
- Title remainder
- how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult and my father Warren Jeffs
- Statement of responsibility
- Rachel Jeffs
- Title variation
- Breaking free
- Title variation remainder
- how I escaped polygamy, the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints and my father Warren Jeffs
- Subject
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- Australian
- Autobiographies
- Child sexual abuse -- United States
- Cults -- Unuted States
- Ex-cultists -- United States -- Biography
- Forced marriage -- United States
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Jeffs, Rachel
- Abused wives -- United States -- Biography
- Mormon fundamentalism -- United States
- Mormon women -- United States -- Biography
- Polygamy -- United States
- Sexual abuse victims -- United States -- Biography
- Women in fundamentalist churches -- United States -- Biography
- Jeffs, Warren, 1955- -- Family
- Adult child sexual abuse victims -- United States -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it. Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture defined by subordinate sister wives and men they must obey. No one in this radical splinter sect of the Mormon Church was more powerful or terrifying than its leader Warren Jeffs - Rachel's father. Living outside mainstream Mormonism and federal law, Jeffs arranged marriages between under-age girls and middle-aged and elderly members of his congregation. In 2006, he gained international notoriety when the FBI placed him on its Ten Most Wanted List. Though he is serving a life sentence for child sexual assault, Jeffs' iron grip on the church remains firm, and his edicts to his followers increasingly restrictive and bizarre. In Breaking Free, Rachel blows the lid off this taciturn community made famous by John Krakauer's bestselling Under the Banner of Heaven to offer a harrowing look at her life with Warren Jeffs, and the years of physical and emotional abuse she suffered. Sexually assaulted, compelled into an arranged polygamous marriage, locked away in 'houses of hiding' as punishment for perceived transgressions, and physically separated from her children, Rachel, Jeffs' first plural daughter by his second of more than fifty wives, eventually found the courage to leave the church in 2015. But Breaking Free is not only her story - Rachel's experiences illuminate those of her family and the countless others who remain trapped in the strange world she left behind. A shocking and mesmerising memoir of faith, abuse, courage, and freedom, Breaking Free is an expose of religious extremism and a beacon of hope for anyone trying to overcome personal obstacles
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jeffs, Rachel
- Dewey number
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Jeffs, Warren
- Jeffs, Rachel
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Polygamy
- Cults
- Abused wives
- Sexual abuse victims
- Ex-cultists
- Women in fundamentalist churches
- Mormon fundamentalism
- Adult child sexual abuse victims
- Child sexual abuse
- Forced marriage
- Mormon women
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Breaking free : how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult and my father Warren Jeffs, Rachel Jeffs
- Note
- First published in the United States in 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- You could drive a car through my family tree -- Sins of the father -- Mind games -- Rebellion -- Keep your enemy close -- Heavenly Father offers a blessing -- Wedding -- Love, plural style -- The prophet rises -- Plural wife -- Do you have cows? -- Land of refuge -- This is what hell feels like -- The good years -- The raid -- Life goes on -- The noose tightens -- Purgatory -- Back in the fold -- Solitary confinement -- Enough -- Flirting with damnation -- Sister secret -- First one out -- Over the wall -- Answered prayers -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 000061366801
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781760632892
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1013926808
- Label
- Breaking free : how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult and my father Warren Jeffs, Rachel Jeffs
- Note
- First published in the United States in 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- You could drive a car through my family tree -- Sins of the father -- Mind games -- Rebellion -- Keep your enemy close -- Heavenly Father offers a blessing -- Wedding -- Love, plural style -- The prophet rises -- Plural wife -- Do you have cows? -- Land of refuge -- This is what hell feels like -- The good years -- The raid -- Life goes on -- The noose tightens -- Purgatory -- Back in the fold -- Solitary confinement -- Enough -- Flirting with damnation -- Sister secret -- First one out -- Over the wall -- Answered prayers -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 000061366801
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781760632892
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1013926808
Subject
- Australian
- Autobiographies
- Child sexual abuse -- United States
- Cults -- Unuted States
- Ex-cultists -- United States -- Biography
- Forced marriage -- United States
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Jeffs, Rachel
- Abused wives -- United States -- Biography
- Mormon fundamentalism -- United States
- Mormon women -- United States -- Biography
- Polygamy -- United States
- Sexual abuse victims -- United States -- Biography
- Women in fundamentalist churches -- United States -- Biography
- Jeffs, Warren, 1955- -- Family
- Adult child sexual abuse victims -- United States -- Biography
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