Escape Audiobook

" This is a modern day memoir of Carolyn Jessop's life. At the age of 18, she was forced into an arranged marriage with a man 32 years her senior who already had three other wives. Born into and raised in the FLDS, she was following the life she thought she was meant to live. Over the next 15 years, she had EIGHT children and lived daily with going along with anything and everything her husband required her to. Thankfully, Jessop possessed the bravery needed to escape her marriage, life, church and cult. "

" i loved reading about what happened before and during warren jeffs "

" More like 4.5 stars, mainly because I am OBSESSED with anything to do with the FLDS. It was not the best written book, but the subject matter itself was what kept me hooked. "

" I am endlessly fascinated by the crazy stories of the FLDS. This book is a must read if you are too. It's perhaps not written/edited the best, but intriguing nonetheless. Prepare for some depressing shit. "

" Another FLDS story. I don't know how she had the strength, but this author got out with 8 children. "

" A more intimate view of FLDS and the evils of polygamy than "Under the Banner of Heaven." Though it is well worth reading Carolyn Jessop's story as an example of courage and determination, I hope people also begin to get an understanding of how overwhelming this type of brainwashing is. You cannot convince most people who've lived with this sort of thing that there's another way to see the world. Even Carloyn Jessop, intelligent, college-educated, and with her exposure to people from "outside" who were kinder to her than her own "family" could not conceive of leaving the world she was raised in until her situation deteriorated to the point that even she saw her life was in danger and that her daughters would be married off to men 40, 50, or even 60 years their senior. That she spent so many years living with the abuse she did is not the true tragedy here; it's that so few women in her world can even imagine wanting to escape. "

" I enjoyed this book waaayyy more than I expected - couldn't put it down. Fascinating look at growing up in FLDS culture and being married off into a family where there are 4 wifes and you're the only person who doesn't seem to have lost their mind. The level of sadistic child abuse within her family was pretty shocking though - beyond forced marriages. Why have 14 kids each if you seem to hate their guts? Tore through this in two days. "

" Brilliant! She is such an amazing woman:-) "

" This was a FASCINATING story, but poorly written. Still, I recommend it. "

" Carolyn Jessop is absolutely amazing. So glad she was sucessful at escaping this. What an awful thing to be born into. Just hope she has a good life after all she went through. "

" I was keen to read this book after reading Stolen Innocence, and was not disappointed. Although the storyline was similar in many parts due to the similar circumstances of these two women, however, I found it gripping and a good read all the same. "

" Powerful insight into a strong woman who escaped from the fundamental Mormon faith "

" Very good, but very frustrating and maddening at times to think that people still live like this with these beliefs today... eye opener. "

" Read this a long time ago when it came out. Not written perfectly but really let you know how it is out there. I would reread it again. "

" A fascinating and moving memoir, this is a must for anyone interested in the workings of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. I did feel that there were a lot of places where the narrative felt repetitive or rambled on in too much detail, but that didn't stop it from being difficult to put down. "

" I truly enjoyed this book. It was about a women who escaped a Mormon marriage and took eight kids with her. "

" Very good book but yet so sad to think that this goes on in our world. "

" I have a friend who has met this woman and he said that she is every bit the strong and independent woman you perceive her to be in the book. Amazing story of endurance and fighting for your freedom. "

" A good look into the life of a polygamist family. "

" This book was fascinating and horrifying all at the same time. Carolyn is an amazing and courageous woman and I wish her and her children all the best in life. How tragic that women are living under these conditions in modern day America, and all in the name of some twisted version of religion. "

" Such a wonderful book. What a brave, brave, brave woman. "

" Fascinating. Sometimes in the I-can't-not-look-at-it way. Was my absolute favorite book for some time. "

" Powerful story of survival. Amazing that Carolyn Jessop got away from the FLDS and made a life for herself and her children. She suffered years of abuse as well as her children. "