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    Church of Lies
    Church of Lies
    Church of Lies
    Audiobook10 hours

    Church of Lies

    Written by Paul T. Brown and Flora Jessop

    Narrated by Eve Bianco

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    About this audiobook

    From the Preface: "My name is Flora Jessop. Ive been called apostate, vigilante, and crazy bitch, and maybe I am. But some people call me a hero, and Id like to think theyre right too. If I am a hero, maybe its because every time I can play a part in saving a child or a woman from a life of servitude and degradation, Im saving a little piece of me, too. I was one of twenty-eight 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 didnt 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 twelve. 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 teenseven 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 20, 2020
    ISBN9781705259443
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    • 5/5
      WOW. If you want your eyes opened to a world of religious abuse, child sex trafficking, and all kinds of literal hell right here in America, you need to listen to Flora Jessop! Now I am off to Google how I can help.

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    • 5/5
      Very captivating. Flora is an amazing person and I commend her for her work.
    • 5/5
      I had awareness of Ms Flora through some of the documentaries and I knew that she would have one hell of story (FLDS has not been kind to women and children sadly) but nothing could prepare me for this book. At one point I could feel her words as if I was there. This book should be read by everyone until this is no longer something that we are going to continue to allow one fellow sister to endure. I personally pray for the day that Warren Jeff's words will no longer be carried out of that prison. You won't stop reading this until the end and you might feel a way when it is. I am choosing to carrying from this reading the amazing strength of a woman an all that she can survive. Thank you darlin for sharing your story. Much love and much respect.
    • 5/5
      I applaud Flora Jessop for escaping and eventually telling her story. I just can not wrap my head around this type of lifestyle and I am so proud of and happy for those who manage(d) to escape. I also applaud Flora for having the strength and bravery to help those who needed her in order to escape.