TRIUMPH Life After the Cult—A Survivor's Lessons

The second memoir by former FLDS (Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints) member Carolyn Jessup focuses on her family's new life while continuing to explore many of the radical sect's controversial practices, including child abuse, the forced marriage of young girls, and home schooling. Just as Jessup's writing exhibits increasing maturity and a more sophisticated worldview, Ann Marie Lee's presentation has developed more depth and range since her narration of Jessup's first book, ESCAPE. Lee's crisp, clear tone conveys the confident and successful woman Jessup has become while allowing glimpses of the naïve newcomer who is still adjusting to her new world. Although some incidents and issues from the earlier book are revisited, this is an intriguing account well worth a listen. M.O.B. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2010]