"Escape", by Carollyn Jessop

by Confuzzled 2 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • Confuzzled
    Confuzzled

    About a year ago I read "Escape," by Carollyn Jessop. It's the autobiography of a former polygamous marriage in the cult the Fundamentalist Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who managed to escape with her eight children. This was the cult that they seized all the children from in Texas for child abuse. The cult who's prophet Warren Jeffs sits in jail for aiding in rape. It's utterly horrifying and morbidly fascinating. This book might be of interest to you all who are recovering from your experiences with the Watch Tower Society/Jehovah's Witnesses. This woman is amazing to have escaped how and when she did, from the closed soicety she did. It's unbelievable that these subcultures exist in the modern world. I had read this book before getting involved with my supposed wishy-washy lasped JW boyfriend, and I didn't see the parallels between the two cults until I really started reading on both.

    http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Carolyn-Jessop/dp/B0026IBX14/ref=pd_cp_b_1

  • dgp
    dgp

    Confuzzled, may I suggest these books by Steven Hassan:

    Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves

    http://www.amazon.com/Releasing-Bonds-Empowering-People-Themselves/dp/0967068800

    and

    Combatting Cult Mind Control

    http://www.amazon.com/Combatting-Cult-Mind-Control-Best-selling/dp/0892813113/ref=pd_sim_b_1/185-1126889-9426357

    I am sure you will find plenty of answers.

    I would suggest "1984" by George Orwell, as well.

  • Mickey mouse
    Mickey mouse

    It was a good book, I enjoyed discussing it with JW friends and highlighting the witness parallels.

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