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The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice
Grand Central Publishing
January 2013
On Sale: January 5, 2013
352 pages
ISBN: 1455527858
EAN: 9781455527854
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction Memoir
Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's
polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" outside world.
Covered head-to-toe in strict, modest clothing, she received
a rigorous education at Alta Academy, the Fundamentalist
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' school headed
by Warren Jeffs. Always seeking to be an obedient Priesthood
girl, in her teens she became the nineteenth wife of her
people's prophet: 85-year-old Rulon Jeffs, Warren's father.
Finally sickened by the abuse she suffered and saw around
her, she pulled off a daring escape and sought to build a
new life and family. The church, however, had a way of pulling her back in-and by
2007, Rebecca had no choice but to take the witness stand
against the new prophet of the FLDS in order to protect her
little sisters and other young girls from being forced to
marry at shockingly young ages. The following year, Rebecca
and the rest of the world watched as a team of Texas Rangers
raided the Yearning for Zion Ranch, a stronghold of the
FLDS. Rebecca's subsequent testimony would reveal the
horrific secrets taking place behind closed doors of the
temple, sending their leaders to prison for years, and
Warren Jeffs for life. THE WITNESS WORE RED is a gripping account of one woman's
struggle to escape the perverse embrace of religious
fanaticism and sexual slavery, and a courageous story of
hope and transformation.
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