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Title: Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father, Warren Jeffs, Polygamy and the FLDS CultAuthor: Rachel Jeffs
Published: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 320
Rating: 3/5
Summary:
In this searing memoir, Rachel Jeffs, the daughter of the leader of the FLDS church, explores her childhood and her experiences with her father, polygamy and how she escaped it all.
Review:
It's always interesting to get to take a look at a world that is so completely closed off, and for that I'm really glad I read this book.
I applaud the authors bravery in sharing so much of her childhood in great detail, and letting us into her life and the church she once belonged to. It's an important, painful and fascinating story. It does sometimes feel like we're not getting the full picture though, but maybe I'm just imagining it. It somehow feels like there's a little bit of a barrier there somehow.
The writing in this though, isn't that great, and there are parts of the story that drag and parts that felt like they were handled too quickly. It also gets a little repetitive at times and I really wish we'd gotten to know a little bit more about what she did after she left and some reflections about all of it. It felt like it ended incredibly abruptly.
Overall though, this was well worth the read for anyone interested in cults and likes reading memoirs.
You can read more about it on Goodreads
