TRIUMPH

作者: Laura Palmer 著

出版社: Random House US

出版时间: 2011-05

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780307590718

定价: 112.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 270页

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>社会文化

　　The author of The New York Times bestseller Escape returnswith a moving and inspirational tale of her life after sheheroically fled the cult she’d been raised in, her hard-won newidentity and happiness, and her determination to win justice forthe crimes committed against her family.

  In 2003, Carolyn Jessop, 35, a lifelong member of the extremistMormon sect the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-DaySaints (FLDS), gathered up her eight children, including herprofoundly disabled four-year-old son, and escaped in the middle ofthe night to freedom. Jessop detailed the story of her harrowingflight and the shocking conditions that sparked it in her 2007memoir, Escape. Reveling in her newfound identity as a bestsellingauthor, a devoted mom, and a loving companion to the wonderful manin her life, Jessop thought she had put her past firmly behindher.

  Then, on April 3, 2008, it came roaring back in full view ofmillions of television viewers across America. On that date, thestate of Texas, acting on a tip from a young girl who’d called ahotline alleging abuse, staged a surprise raid on the Yearning forZion Ranch, a sprawling, 1700-acre compound near Eldorado, Texas,to which the jailed FLDS “prophet” Warren Jeffs had relocated hissect’s most “worthy” members three years earlier. The ranch wasbeing run by Merril Jessop, Carolyn’s ex-husband and one of thecult’s most powerful leaders. As a mesmerized nation watched thecrisis unfold, Jessop once more was drawn into the fray, this timeas an expert called upon to help authorities understand the customsand beliefs of the extremist religious sect with which they weredealing.

  In Triumph, Jessop tells the real, and even more harrowing, storybehind the raid and sets the public straight on much of thedamaging misinformation that flooded the media in its aftermath.She recounts the setbacks (the tragic decision of the Supreme Courtof Texas to allow the children in state custody to return to theirparents) as well as the successes (the fact that evidence seized inthe raid is the basis for the string of criminal trials of FLDSleaders that began in October 2009 and will continue throughout2010), all while weaving in details of her own life since thepublication of her first book. These include her budding role as asocial critic and her struggle to make peace with her eldestdaughter’s heartbreaking decision to return to the cult.

  In the book’s second half, Jessop shares with readers the sourcesof the strength that allowed her not only to survive and eventuallybreak free of FLDS mind control, but also to flourish in her newlife. The tools of her transformation range from powerful femalerole models (grandmothers on both sides) to Curves fitness clubs (asecret indulgence that put her in touch with her body) to hercollege education (rare among FLDS women). With her characteristichonesty and steadfast sense of justice, Jessop, a trained educatorwho taught elementary school for seven years, shares her strongopinions on such controversial topics as homeschooling and the needfor the court system to hold “deadbeat dads” accountable. (AmongJessop’s recent victories is a court decision that ordered herex-husband to pay years of back child support.) An extraordinarywoman who has overcome countless challenges and tragedies in herlife, Jessop shows us in this book how, in spite of everything, shehas triumphed—and how you can, too, no matter what adversity youface.--From the Hardcover edition. 　　Carolyn Jessop was born into the Fundamentalist Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a group splintered from andrenounced by the Mormon Church, and was married for seventeen yearsto one of its highest-ranking leaders. Her bestselling account offleeing the FLDS, Escape, was published in 2007. She lives in WestJordan, Utah, with seven of her eight children.

　　Laura Palmer is the author of Shrapnel in the Heart and hascollaborated on six other books, the most recent being the New YorkTimes bestseller Escape. She lives in New York City.--From theHardcover edition.
内容简介:
　　The author of The New York Times bestseller Escape returnswith a moving and inspirational tale of her life after sheheroically fled the cult she’d been raised in, her hard-won newidentity and happiness, and her determination to win justice forthe crimes committed against her family.

  In 2003, Carolyn Jessop, 35, a lifelong member of the extremistMormon sect the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-DaySaints (FLDS), gathered up her eight children, including herprofoundly disabled four-year-old son, and escaped in the middle ofthe night to freedom. Jessop detailed the story of her harrowingflight and the shocking conditions that sparked it in her 2007memoir, Escape. Reveling in her newfound identity as a bestsellingauthor, a devoted mom, and a loving companion to the wonderful manin her life, Jessop thought she had put her past firmly behindher.

  Then, on April 3, 2008, it came roaring back in full view ofmillions of television viewers across America. On that date, thestate of Texas, acting on a tip from a young girl who’d called ahotline alleging abuse, staged a surprise raid on the Yearning forZion Ranch, a sprawling, 1700-acre compound near Eldorado, Texas,to which the jailed FLDS “prophet” Warren Jeffs had relocated hissect’s most “worthy” members three years earlier. The ranch wasbeing run by Merril Jessop, Carolyn’s ex-husband and one of thecult’s most powerful leaders. As a mesmerized nation watched thecrisis unfold, Jessop once more was drawn into the fray, this timeas an expert called upon to help authorities understand the customsand beliefs of the extremist religious sect with which they weredealing.

  In Triumph, Jessop tells the real, and even more harrowing, storybehind the raid and sets the public straight on much of thedamaging misinformation that flooded the media in its aftermath.She recounts the setbacks (the tragic decision of the Supreme Courtof Texas to allow the children in state custody to return to theirparents) as well as the successes (the fact that evidence seized inthe raid is the basis for the string of criminal trials of FLDSleaders that began in October 2009 and will continue throughout2010), all while weaving in details of her own life since thepublication of her first book. These include her budding role as asocial critic and her struggle to make peace with her eldestdaughter’s heartbreaking decision to return to the cult.

  In the book’s second half, Jessop shares with readers the sourcesof the strength that allowed her not only to survive and eventuallybreak free of FLDS mind control, but also to flourish in her newlife. The tools of her transformation range from powerful femalerole models (grandmothers on both sides) to Curves fitness clubs (asecret indulgence that put her in touch with her body) to hercollege education (rare among FLDS women). With her characteristichonesty and steadfast sense of justice, Jessop, a trained educatorwho taught elementary school for seven years, shares her strongopinions on such controversial topics as homeschooling and the needfor the court system to hold “deadbeat dads” accountable. (AmongJessop’s recent victories is a court decision that ordered herex-husband to pay years of back child support.) An extraordinarywoman who has overcome countless challenges and tragedies in herlife, Jessop shows us in this book how, in spite of everything, shehas triumphed—and how you can, too, no matter what adversity youface.--From the Hardcover edition.
作者简介:
　　Carolyn Jessop was born into the Fundamentalist Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a group splintered from andrenounced by the Mormon Church, and was married for seventeen yearsto one of its highest-ranking leaders. Her bestselling account offleeing the FLDS, Escape, was published in 2007. She lives in WestJordan, Utah, with seven of her eight children.

　　Laura Palmer is the author of Shrapnel in the Heart and hascollaborated on six other books, the most recent being the New YorkTimes bestseller Escape. She lives in New York City.--From theHardcover edition.

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