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| Escape | 
 enlarge | Authors: Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95 (58.73 RON)
Buy New: $16.47 (38.77 RON)
You Save: $8.48 (19.96 RON) (34%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  317 reviews
Sales Rank: 6988
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0767927567
Dewey Decimal Number: 289.3092
EAN: 9780767927567
ASIN: 0767927567
Publication Date: October 16, 2007
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 poor writing yes, nevertheless 4 stars for the weight and importance of the subject matter September 10, 2008
Yes, I have had many times suffered through the bad writing and editing and the repetitious details etc. But afterall it is important to experience the everyday suffering, frustration, agitation of the author and her family and friends. The terrorist hypocrites committing brutal crimes against humanity all in the name of God and salvation are the ultimate evil blasphemers. People also realize and be scared by reading books like this how easy and insidious religions can be to seep into the culture, and before you know it, they become the law that affect everybody, but historically, women usually get the worst of it. People need to pay serious attention to politics of religion, particularly the kind that promote absolute, and exclusive self-righteousness and refuse to honor separation of church and state.
Very interesting read September 8, 2008
I enjoyed the book very much. At times I was so repulsed by the behaviors of Jessop's then husband, I was reminded of a train wreck that you just can't keep from gawking at. Ms. Jessop is indeed a plucky woman, and her story deserves a listen.
 Page-turning, Disturbing August 26, 2008
Jessop's ESCAPE is a haunting trip into the secret sect of FLDS (Fundamental Latter Day Saints). It tells her story of being a plural wife to a man many many years older than she was...a marriage arranged by her father for the betterment of his career.
This book was recommended to me by a good friend. When reading this I kept having to remind myself that what I was reading was TRUE. That this was NOT a novel because sometimes what was happening to this woman seemed beyond comprehension. However after settling into this story you find that this is stuff that simply couldn't be made up.
I highly suggest anyone read this book. It gives a good history to FLDS as well as a brutally honest look into the life of a couple of families. What you will read, however, will leave you with a knot in your stomach. It is very hard to put down once you are in it because you want to know what is going to happen next. I have suggested this book to several people and everyone of them read just as voraciously as I did.
Great book. Chilling and amazing. August 24, 2008
Though it had received great reviews, I took it them with a grain of salt.
Quickly after I began the book, I was captivated.
It's amazing and sad that cults like FLDS can exert such power over people.
Highly recommended.
Mind blowing! August 20, 2008
I read this book in a day and a half, and it made me want to puke. It did make me cry many times. I can't believe what an evil man her ex-husband is, and the cruelty of Barbara Jessop. I hope Karma comes around to both of them and they get what they deserve. It is incredible that this is the 21st century and there is a society like this where women are pieces of meat. My neighbor from Germany, who is living here in the US for one year, just read this book- her first book she has read in English, and recommended it to me at the time the Texas raids were going on. I'm glad I finally got around to it. Well worth a read.
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