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 12
... months after he arrived back in Salt Lake , Audrey told him about her own revelation . She had dreamt that a woman named Sharon Steed belonged to their family , and she asked Dad if he knew who she was . Up until this point , my father ...
... months after he arrived back in Salt Lake , Audrey told him about her own revelation . She had dreamt that a woman named Sharon Steed belonged to their family , and she asked Dad if he knew who she was . Up until this point , my father ...
Page 22
... months old—when a dramatic fire changed the course of life for our family. At the time, we were living in our new nine- bedroom house on Claybourne Avenue. One crisp morning in November my mother was in the kitchen preparing breakfast ...
... months old—when a dramatic fire changed the course of life for our family. At the time, we were living in our new nine- bedroom house on Claybourne Avenue. One crisp morning in November my mother was in the kitchen preparing breakfast ...
Page 25
... month from the insurance company to cover our fami- ly's living expenses while our home was being rebuilt . In addition to the dairy , Woodruff owned an excavation com- pany , and business had been slow . The insurance money would help ...
... month from the insurance company to cover our fami- ly's living expenses while our home was being rebuilt . In addition to the dairy , Woodruff owned an excavation com- pany , and business had been slow . The insurance money would help ...
Page 27
... months at the 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 ...
... months at the 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 ...
Page 28
... months. Many members of the FLDS had similar storage spaces, since we were taught that the end of the world was coming and storing food was one way to prepare. It could take several months once we'd settled back on earth after the ...
... months. Many members of the FLDS had similar storage spaces, since we were taught that the end of the world was coming and storing food was one way to prepare. It could take several months once we'd settled back on earth after the ...
Contents
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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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