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Triumph
by Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer
by Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer
Low stars for not being very well written, and of course my tirade which will follow . . .
The first half of this book aggravated me so badly I wanted to throw it across the room. I was hoping this book would enlighten me on the YFZ ranch situation - instead it made me more entrenched in what I believed in the first place. Polygamy? Bad. Abuse? Bad. Taking children away from mothers? What? She even states herself that those mothers loved their children as much or more than any mother. Yet, she talks of the tragedy of sending the kids back to their mothers. I'm sorry, I'm a mom. From the beginning it was OBVIOUS that that is NO WAY to handle a cult. HELLO! HOW do you propose to gain the TRUST of these people from whom you just ripped their children? Brainwashing is serious. I have no qualms with saying that. But, CPS seems to think emotionally charged decisions are the right ones with little to no thought of - "what about AFTER we have the 400 and some odd kids in custody?". They are attacking FAMILIES. That is what these people see. Does she honestly think they will bow down and say "yes, take my children, this is all we know, but you are so benevolent and good to take them away". They lost before they even began. Finally, it looks like things are happening the RIGHT way - albeit the SLOW way. With individual cases starting at the top. Get those nasty men on tax evasion if you have to - but go after THEM. NOT their families.
Brainwashing is never something that can be cured overnight, Texas.
You also have to read between the lines quite a bit. This is painfully obvious in the way she refers to "the FLDS". Obviously, the religion isn't exactly a walk in the park - but she even admits that some women ARE happy in their marriages. To condemn EVERYTHING about them is just a little TOO much for me. I am willing to believe that not ALL FLDS men are as terrible as Warren and Merril. She admits this, in the way SHE was raised and the relationship of her friend Lucy - but then contradicts herself on the same page. She seems emotionally blinded. (and why not, right?) Maybe a biographer would have smoothed this wrinkle a little.
It IS a travesty what is occurring in many FLDS homes. I am ecstatic that she has found her way out - and I hope for many more women to do the same. Thank you for my soap box.
The first half of this book aggravated me so badly I wanted to throw it across the room. I was hoping this book would enlighten me on the YFZ ranch situation - instead it made me more entrenched in what I believed in the first place. Polygamy? Bad. Abuse? Bad. Taking children away from mothers? What? She even states herself that those mothers loved their children as much or more than any mother. Yet, she talks of the tragedy of sending the kids back to their mothers. I'm sorry, I'm a mom. From the beginning it was OBVIOUS that that is NO WAY to handle a cult. HELLO! HOW do you propose to gain the TRUST of these people from whom you just ripped their children? Brainwashing is serious. I have no qualms with saying that. But, CPS seems to think emotionally charged decisions are the right ones with little to no thought of - "what about AFTER we have the 400 and some odd kids in custody?". They are attacking FAMILIES. That is what these people see. Does she honestly think they will bow down and say "yes, take my children, this is all we know, but you are so benevolent and good to take them away". They lost before they even began. Finally, it looks like things are happening the RIGHT way - albeit the SLOW way. With individual cases starting at the top. Get those nasty men on tax evasion if you have to - but go after THEM. NOT their families.
Brainwashing is never something that can be cured overnight, Texas.
You also have to read between the lines quite a bit. This is painfully obvious in the way she refers to "the FLDS". Obviously, the religion isn't exactly a walk in the park - but she even admits that some women ARE happy in their marriages. To condemn EVERYTHING about them is just a little TOO much for me. I am willing to believe that not ALL FLDS men are as terrible as Warren and Merril. She admits this, in the way SHE was raised and the relationship of her friend Lucy - but then contradicts herself on the same page. She seems emotionally blinded. (and why not, right?) Maybe a biographer would have smoothed this wrinkle a little.
It IS a travesty what is occurring in many FLDS homes. I am ecstatic that she has found her way out - and I hope for many more women to do the same. Thank you for my soap box.
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