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Church of Lies
- Narrated by: Eve Bianco
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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Summary
From the Preface:
"My name is Flora Jessop. I've been called apostate, vigilante, and crazy bitch, and maybe I am. But some people call me a hero, and I'd like to think they're right too. If I am a hero, maybe it's because every time I can play a part in saving a child or a woman from a life of servitude and degradation, I'm saving a little piece of me, too.
I was one of 28 children born to my dad and his three wives. Indoctrinated to believe that the outside world was evil, and that I resided among the righteous, I was destined to marry a man chosen for me by the Prophet. I would then live in harmony with my sister-wives, bear many children, and obey and serve my future husband in this life and throughout eternity. But my innocence didn't last long. While still a child, I understood that the church of the righteous was nothing but a church of lies.
When I was eight years old my father sexually molested me for the first time, raping me when I was 12. I tried to kill myself. Beaten, molested, taunted, and abused by family members alleging they only wanted to save my soul became a daily routine, I ran from this abuse more than once in my early teens - even attempting to cross the desert on foot. My family hunted me down. I thought government agencies would provide me safety if I reported my father. Instead, police and social services colluded with the FLDS to return me to my family and I ended up back inside polygamy, right where I started."
Flora goes on from there to tell the dramatic true story of how she ultimately escaped and has been fighting against frustrating obstacles with hard-fought successes in rescuing women and children from the FLDS. It's a story you can't put down.
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- Kelly
- 17-05-23
Absolutely horrific and fascinating
Almost brought me to tears but wow what a life! A tale of serious resilience and heroism
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- Ali
- 27-02-24
so interesting
I could not stop listening to this book, brilliant and scary this is all true
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-05-23
Powerful
This book takes you though so many emotions, after reading I can only thank Flora on behave of all those children she’s championed. Without her and people like her they’d have nowhere else to go. Flora you’re a very brave women.
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- Marina Strinkovsky
- 14-04-23
Strong content warning
This book is a lot, and while I appreciate the catharsis for the author in describing some of the more harrowing instances of violence in the FLDS, it's quite hard to take at times and not always entirely necessary. Where there is really new information here is in exposing how wilfully helpless the authorities were for decades in helping the victims of FLDS abuse, and how much citizen pressure was required in order to make prosecutions and child protection happen. I was genuinely shocked by the degree to which the endemic sexual and economic abuse within the FLDS was known to the authorities. I knew quite a lot about the FLDS already before listening to this book so to me that was the bit that stood out, but all of this is essential testimony, supported by a truly exceptional performance from the narrator.
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- "stolenalice"
- 19-02-24
Tough listen but worth your time
This is a prime example of why religion can be extremely dangerous and harmful. Difficult to listen to at times but a very compelling story.
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- Neff
- 17-12-21
Too much
I knew the facts, but this story is very explicit about the sexual abuse. As a survivor myself, I couldn't keep listening without sending myself into psychological distress. A worthwhile book, but not one I can stomach to finish.
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-05-23
Dramatised distastefully
I only listened to the first couple of hours, then had to stop. I have read a couple of other books about the LDS and found that in comparison, this production dramatised scenes of abuse and rape in a way that seemed to prioritise entertainment rather than education of what happened. I feel that this is unnecessary and distasteful.
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- Linda T
- 02-09-23
Flora
What a story. So happy she got out when she did then went on to help many others escape. Would have given five stars but thought the narrator over dramatic when she didn’t have to be. Just tell the story
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