This is the true story of Elissa Wall, a member of the FLDS (Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints). Her story could have been one of the books that The Chosen One was based on. She doesn't hold back as she goes into the details of life in FLDS. Women are expected to "Keep Sweet" which means to never express how they really feel about being basically second class citizens who never are to question male authority. Unfortunately, Elissa had a mind of her own. she was forced to marry a cousin when she was 14 and she definitely did not "grow to love him as her priest head". The FLDS also had strange additions to biology like if a wife was removed from her husband and given to another man, her children's genetic makeup magically changed to match that of the "new" father. hmm. Very interesting. Anyway, it is a satisfying book as it ends in the trial of Warren Jeffs, the "prophet" of the FLDS. Remember the news in Texas in 2008 when the FBI broke up that cult? This is the same group. Quite interesting.
I don't know what I would do had I been born into that group. I am so thankful I wasn't.
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