Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs“Both creepy…and quite moving.” “Wall’s story couldn’t be more timely.” Stolen Innocence is the gripping New York Times bestselling memoir of Elissa Wall, the courageous former member of Utah’s infamous FLDS polygamist sect whose powerful courtroom testimony helped convict controversial sect leader Warren Jeffs in September 2007. At once shocking, heartbreaking, and inspiring, Wall’s story of subjugation and survival exposes the darkness at the root of this rebel offshoot of the Mormon faith. |
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Page 11
... Steed , the conductor of the choir , and the slight movement caught my Dad's atten- tion . Dad later told me that at that moment , he heard a voice telling him , “ Sharon Steed belongs to you as A NEW MOTHER 11.
... Steed , the conductor of the choir , and the slight movement caught my Dad's atten- tion . Dad later told me that at that moment , he heard a voice telling him , “ Sharon Steed belongs to you as A NEW MOTHER 11.
Page 12
... Steed belongs to you as your next wife and you will speak next . " Dad was extremely surprised when he was called up to the podium just minutes later to address the people . Men of the FLDS are taught they hold power to receive some ...
... Steed belongs to you as your next wife and you will speak next . " Dad was extremely surprised when he was called up to the podium just minutes later to address the people . Men of the FLDS are taught they hold power to receive some ...
Page 25
... Steed , and his family . Woodruff owned an enormous home in Sandy , in the southern end of the Salt Lake Valley . His house accommodated not only his seven living wives and dozens of children but now our large fam- ily as well . His ten ...
... Steed , and his family . Woodruff owned an enormous home in Sandy , in the southern end of the Salt Lake Valley . His house accommodated not only his seven living wives and dozens of children but now our large fam- ily as well . His ten ...
Page 27
... Steed compound offered Dad , Mom , and Mother Audrey a reprieve from their typical rou- tine and helped them to get along better . These were happy months , and in the years that followed , my older siblings would often share with me ...
... Steed compound offered Dad , Mom , and Mother Audrey a reprieve from their typical rou- tine and helped them to get along better . These were happy months , and in the years that followed , my older siblings would often share with me ...
Page 45
... Steed, who was also married to Mother Audrey's daughter, Jean. Because Jean was one of the oldest girls in our family, the younger children were not close to her, and Andrea feared that life in the new home would be difficult. Before ...
... Steed, who was also married to Mother Audrey's daughter, Jean. Because Jean was one of the oldest girls in our family, the younger children were not close to her, and Andrea feared that life in the new home would be difficult. Before ...
Contents
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| 5 | |
| 7 | |
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| 41 | |
In Light and Truth | 51 |
The Rise of Warren | 63 |
Out of Control | 78 |
Refuge in Canada | 234 |
Nowhere to Run | 249 |
A Pair of Headlights | 260 |
Promise Not to Tell | 276 |
A Story Like Mine | 288 |
Love at Last | 305 |
Choosing My Future | 317 |
PART THREE | 329 |
Reassignment | 90 |
Preparing for Zion | 105 |
A Revelation Is Made | 114 |
The Celestial Law | 127 |
The Word of the Prophet | 140 |
Man and Wife | 152 |
All Alone | 166 |
PART | 185 |
Survival Begins | 187 |
The Destruction Is Upon Us | 201 |
Death Comes to Short Creek | 215 |
False Prophet | 224 |
New Beginnings | 331 |
Coming Forward | 347 |
Captured | 358 |
Facing Warren | 365 |
The Trial Begins | 381 |
The End Is In Sight | 399 |
Am Free | 419 |
Epilogue | 429 |
Afterword | 437 |
Authors Note | 445 |
Acknowledgments | 447 |
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