Triumph Life After the Cult A Survivors Lessons Audio CD Unabridged, Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer, Ann Marie Lee (Narrator). (Audio CD 0307715574)

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Triumph Life After the Cult A Survivor's Lessons - Audio CD - Unabridged
Author: Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer, Ann Marie Lee (Narrator)

In 2003, Carolyn Jessop, 35, a lifelong member of the extremist Mormon sect the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), gathered up her eight children, including her profoundly disabled four-year-old son, and escaped in the middle of the night to freedom. Jessop detailed the story of her harrowing flight and the shocki... more »ng conditions that sparked it in her 2007 memoir, Escape. Reveling in her newfound identity as a bestselling author, a devoted mom, and a loving companion to the wonderful man in her life, Jessop thought she had put her past firmly behind her.

Then, on April 3, 2008, it came roaring back in full view of millions of television viewers across America. On that date, the state of Texas, acting on a tip from a young girl who’d called a hotline alleging abuse, staged a surprise raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch, a sprawling, 1700-acre compound near Eldorado, Texas, to which the jailed FLDS “prophet” Warren Jeffs had relocated his sect’s most “worthy” members three years earlier. The ranch was being run by Merril Jessop, Carolyn’s ex-husband and one of the cult’s most powerful leaders. As a mesmerized nation watched the crisis unfold, Jessop once more was drawn into the fray, this time as an expert called upon to help authorities understand the customs and beliefs of the extremist religious sect with which they were dealing.

In Triumph, Jessop tells the real, and even more harrowing, story behind the raid and sets the public straight on much of the damaging misinformation that flooded the media in its aftermath. She recounts the setbacks (the tragic decision of the Supreme Court of Texas to allow the children in state custody to return to their parents) as well as the successes (the fact that evidence seized in the raid is the basis for the string of criminal trials of FLDS leaders that began in October 2009 and will continue throughout 2010), all while weaving in details of her own life since the publication of her first book. These include her budding role as a social critic and her struggle to make peace with her eldest daughter’s heartbreaking decision to return to the cult.

In the book’s second half, Jessop shares with readers the sources of the strength that allowed her not only to survive and eventually break free of FLDS mind control, but also to flourish in her new life. The tools of her transformation range from powerful female role models (grandmothers on both sides) to Curves fitness clubs (a secret indulgence that put her in touch with her body) to her college education (rare among FLDS women). With her characteristic honesty and steadfast sense of justice, Jessop, a trained educator who taught elementary school for seven years, shares her strong opinions on such controversial topics as homeschooling and the need for the court system to hold “deadbeat dads” accountable. (Among Jessop’s recent victories is a court decision that ordered her ex-husband to pay years of back child support.) An extraordinary woman who has overcome countless challenges and tragedies in her life, Jessop shows us in this book how, in spite of everything, she has triumphed -- and how you can, too, no matter what adversity you face.

Narrated by Ann Marie Lee

Unabridged, 8 discs, 10 hrs running time

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ISBN-13: 9780307715579
ISBN-10: 0307715574
Publication Date: 5/4/2010
Edition: Unabridged
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Publisher: Random House Audio
Book Type: Audio CD
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Theresa D. (rxtheresa) - reviewed Triumph: Life After the Cult -- A Survivor's Lessons (Audio CD) (Unabridged) on 9/7/2011 + 27 more book reviews

I read some reviews where people said they were disappointed in this sequel to Escape. I'm so glad I didn't listen to them. I can't get enough of the Carolyn Jessop story. It is so inspirational. I liked hearing Carolyn's opinions on things that she never had an opportunity to express before. Her never knowing what a designer handbag was until Brian gave her one really sticks with me. Her daughter Betty who went back to the FLDS at 18 enjoying an ice cream cone with them as she rarely got one "inside" and asking her sister if Facebook was kind of like My Space. I loved hearing more about her 8 children growing up. There are so many poignant moments in this book that starts out with her telling about the raid on the Zion Ranch in Texas. I particularly liked listening to this audio version. If you are very interested in the FLDS I wouldn't miss Carolyn's feelings on the outside as expressed in this book.

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