Church of Lies
by Flora Jessop, Paul T. Brown
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Author: Flora Jessop, Paul T. BrownEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-01-27
ISBN: 160751253X
Number of pages: 296
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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Book Review: 5 Stars For Importance (Despite Tabloid Style)
Summary: 5 Stars
As indicated, I rate this 5 stars, though the language style dips somewhat into the Jerry Springer range (because it's written by a pro copy writer who punches up the wording to make it "catchy"). Consequently, some of the "trailer trash" language ostensibly coming from Flora Jessop, the escaped Mormon fundamentalist, lacks the ring of linguistic genuineness. Other than the tabloid language style, though, the account is too important to slight by rating it lower than 5 stars.
Flora is an outstanding example of determination and persistence, overcoming years of destructive mental programming by indoctrination, and years of mental and physical abuse that would be very difficult for a less valiant woman to surmount. Overall, this is an inspiring and very instructive story, true in most of its features.
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