First published 2007
Carolyn Jessop was just 18 when she was forced into an arranged marriage with a 50-year-old man already with three wives. For 15 years, she endured psychological abuse and the constant competition of her husband's other spouses, all while raising eight children in the isolated, fundamentalist FLDS community. But when Carolyn finally summons the courage to flee, she must outwit the church's leaders and risk everything to liberate her family.
Genres: family-life, abuse, autobiography, non-fiction, biography-memoir, fundamentalism
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: escape, forced-proximity, survival
Setting: Colorado, Utah
413 pages · Hardcover · Broadway Books
Content warnings: abuse, domestic-violence, emotional-abuse