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Carolyn Jessop
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born
January 01, 1968
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female
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The United States
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Carolyn Jessop is a former Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints member who wrote Escape, an autobiographical account of her upbringing in the polygamist sect and later flight from that community.
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Escape by Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer avg rating 3.87 — 4,597 ratings — published 2007 9 editions |
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Escape by Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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Triumph by Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2010 |
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"In a cult, you have two identities: your cult identity and your authentic self. Most of the time I operated from my cult identity, which was pliant, submissive and obedient. But when I was pushed to the point where it felt like my survival was at stake, my authentic self came to the fore."
— Carolyn Jessop (Escape)
— Carolyn Jessop (Escape)
"No one was more surprised than I to realize that my newfound freedom had been purchased by giving up on eternity and settling for hell."
— Carolyn Jessop (Escape)
— Carolyn Jessop (Escape)
"Unmitigated joy of any kind was diminishing from our lives. Warren Jeffs had our community in a chokehold. I noticed that people's faces now seemed devoid of expression. It was as if they were afraid even to look like they might be thinking. "
— Carolyn Jessop (Escape)
— Carolyn Jessop (Escape)
