Elissa Wall writes memoir about growing up in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and leaving a religious system built around polygamy and strict authority. Stolen Innocence recounts her childhood inside the FLDS, an arranged marriage to an older cousin when she was a teenager, and the pressure placed on her to obey church leaders. The memoir later follows her departure and her role as a witness in the prosecution of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs. Wall’s prose is direct and chronological, concentrating on family structure, religious rules, marriage and the practical difficulty of questioning authority from inside a closed community. Religious-exit memoir, polygamy memoir and high-control-group narratives are the strongest discovery routes for Wall. Stolen Innocence is the central title for readers interested in first-person accounts of the FLDS and the legal consequences surrounding forced underage marriage. Read more Less
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