by Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer · Crown · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780767927574
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«Escape: A Memoir» is the memoir by Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer, published by Crown in paperback (426 pages, in English).
Carolyn Jessop recounts her life in the polygamous FLDS sect: married at eighteen to a man thirty-two years her senior, mother of eight children, she endured abuse and absolute control until fleeing with them in 2003. Her escape made her the first woman to gain full custody of her children in a lawsuit against the sect.
Originally published in 2007, it was a The New York Times bestseller and this edition includes an epilogue by the author.
Appeals to readers of real-life memoirs, accounts of religious sects, and testimonies of survival and overcoming.
