Escape
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Escape

by Carolyn Jessop

2007•Biography•426 pages

Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringrescue/escape/jeopardyhuman spirit/resilience/survivalempowerment/personal growth

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Boxlist takeA grounded, dark biography: heavy and emotional. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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3.7 / 5

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About This Book

The dramatic first-person account of life inside an ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect, and one woman's courageous flight to freedom with her eight children.When she was eighteen years old, Carolyn Jessop was coerced into an arranged marriage with a total stranger: a man thirty-two years her senior. Merril Jessop already had three wives.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

BiographyDocumentaryRescue/escape/jeopardyHuman spirit/resilience/survivalEmpowerment/personal growth

Subjects

Mormon womenPolygamyArranged marriageReligious aspectsMormon fundamentalismReligious aspects of MarriageMarriageBiography & Autobiography

Details

Author
Carolyn Jessop
Published
2007
Pages
426
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