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Breaking free : how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult, and my father, Warren Jeffs / by Jeffs, Rachel,author.;
The daughter of the self-proclaimed prophet of the FLDS Church describes the abusive patriarchal culture in which she was raised by sister wives and dominating men and discusses how her father remains a powerful influence on his followers.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Jeffs, Rachel.; Jeffs, Warren, 1955-; Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.; Forced marriage; Abused wives; Mormons; Polygamy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Jesus camp [videorecording (DVD)] / by Ewing, Heidi E.; Grady, Rachel.; Mongrel Media;
Examines an evangelical Christian summer camp for children in North Dakota.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital stereo.AFI/Silverdocs Film Festival 2006, Sterling Feature Grand Jury Award ; Tribeca Film Festival 2006, Special Jury Award.
Subjects: Christian education of children; Church camps; Documentary films; Evangelists; Religious camps.;
© c2007., Distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media,
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All the world beside / by Conley, Garrard,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased, an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England. Cana, Massachusetts: a utopian vision of 18th-century Puritan New England. To the outside world, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfield and his family stand as godly pillars of their small-town community, drawing Christians from across the New World into their fold. One such Christian, physician Arthur Lyman, discovers in the minister's words a love so captivating it transcends language. As the bond between these two men grows more and more passionate, their families must contend with a tangled web of secrets, lies, and judgments which threaten to destroy them in this world and the next. And when the religious ecstasies of the Great Awakening begin to take hold, igniting a new era of zealotry, Nathaniel and Arthur search for a path out of an impossible situation, imagining a future for themselves which has no name. Their wives and children must do the same, looking beyond the known world for a new kind of wilderness, both physical and spiritual. Set during the turbulent historical upheavals which shaped America's destiny and following in the tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, All the World Beside reveals the very human lives just beneath the surface of dogmatic belief. Bestselling author Garrard Conley has created a page-turning, vividly imagined historical tale that is both a love story and a crucible"--
Subjects: Gay fiction.; Queer fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Clergy; Family secrets; Gay men; Great Awakening; Physicians; Puritans;
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The sound of gravel : a memoir / by Wariner, Ruth.;
The promised land -- Babylon -- Alone -- Breaking.
Subjects: Wariner, Ruth.; Mormons; Mormons; Polygamy;
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Sister wife : a memoir of faith, family, and finding freedom / by Woolley, Christine Brown,author.;
"From TLC's Sister Wives star Christine Brown Woolley, a groundbreaking and heartfelt memoir about living in a family like no other and finding the strength to leave polygamy--and the only life she's known--behind.Christine Brown Woolley had always dreamed of having a picture-perfect family--beautiful children, an adoring husband, and of course, a sisterhood of wives to share him with. Raised in Utah by practicing polygamists, Christine knew her life was less than normal, but that didn't stop her from loving the full house of her childhood any less. Becoming Kody Brown's third wife in 1994, Christine finally found the big, happy family she had hoped for. When TLC's hit show Sister Wives premiered in 2010, Christine knew it was her chance to shine a light on the brighter side of polygamy--the helping hands, the lively discussions, and their unmatched devotion to each other. But the cameras also revealed a much darker truth. Now, in this candid tell-all, Christine shares for the first time the journey that led her away from polygamy and the bold path she is carving to live apart from all she has ever known. Moving, genuine, and insightful, this is a uniquely powerful tour de force of Christine's journey toward and beyond her time in the spotlight as a sister wife"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Woolley, Christine Brown.; Apostolic United Brethren.; Sister wives (Television program); Latter Day Saint women; Polygamy; Polygamy; Reality television programs.; Women in Latter Day Saint churches.;
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The church of living dangerously : tales of a drug-running megachurch pastor / by Bishop, John L.,author.;
"This is the raw and remarkable story of John Bishop, a former megachurch pastor who ended up running drugs for a Mexican cartel, rescuing his son from a Mexican prison, and eventually ending up in a U.S. prison himself"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Bishop, John L.; Clergy; Drug couriers; Drug traffic; Drug traffic;
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The Castleton massacre : survivors' stories of the Killins femicide / by Cook, Sharon A.(Sharon Anne),1947-author.; Carson, Margaret(Margaret Louise),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A former United Church minister massacres his family. What led to this act of femicide and why were his victims forgotten? On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered every woman in his family but one. Two child survivors lived to tell the story of what motivated a talented man who had been widely admired, a scholar and graduate from Queen's University, to stalk and terrorize the women in his family for almost twenty years and then murder them. Through extensive oral histories, Cook and Carson painstakingly trace the causes of a femicide in which four women and two unborn babies were murdered over the course of one blood-spattered evening. While they situate this murderous rampage in the literature on domestic abuse and mass murders, they also explore the perspective and journey of the two traumatized children. Told through vivid first-person accounts, this memoir recounts the story of one family's resilience after enduring years of relentless cruelty."--
Subjects: Killins, Robert.; Murder;
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Castleton Massacre, The Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide [electronic resource] : by Cook, Sharon Anne.aut; Carson, Margaret.aut; Perry, Rachel.nrt; cloudLibrary;
A former United Church minister massacres his family. What led to this act of femicide, and why were his victims forgotten? On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered every woman in his family but one. She (and her brother) lived to tell the story of what motivated a talented man who had been widely admired, a scholar and graduate from Queen's University, to stalk and terrorize the women in his family for almost twenty years and then murder them. Through extensive oral histories, Cook and Carson painstakingly trace the causes of a femicide in which four women and two unborn babies were murdered over the course of one bloody evening. While they situate this murderous rampage in the literature on domestic abuse and mass murders, they also explore how the two traumatized child survivors found their way back to health and happiness. Told through vivid first-person accounts, this family memoir explains how a murderer was created.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic Partner Abuse; Murder;
© 2022., Tantor Audio,
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The Castleton Massacre Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide [electronic resource] : by Cook, Sharon Anne.aut; Carson, Margaret.aut; cloudLibrary;
A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 • WINNER — ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY ALISON PRENTICE AWARD • BRASS KNUCKLES AWARD FOR BEST NONFICTION CRIME BOOK 2023 FINALIST A former United Church minister massacres his family. What led to this act of femicide, and why were his victims forgotten? On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered every woman in his family but one. She (and her brother) lived to tell the story of what motivated a talented man who had been widely admired, a scholar and graduate from Queen’s University, to stalk and terrorize the women in his family for almost twenty years and then murder them. Through extensive oral histories, Cook and Carson painstakingly trace the causes of a femicide in which four women and two unborn babies were murdered over the course of one bloody evening. While they situate this murderous rampage in the literature on domestic abuse and mass murders, they also explore how the two traumatized child survivors found their way back to health and happiness. Told through vivid first-person accounts, this family memoir explores how a murderer was created.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Domestic Partner Abuse; Murder;
© 2022., Dundurn Press,
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Dear Alyne : my years as a married virgin / by Tamir, Alyne,author.;
"From world traveler, entrepreneur, and content creator @DearAlyne, a vulnerable and hilarious memoir of how she escaped the restrictive expectations of her family and faith and found herself in the process"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Tamir, Alyne.; Children of interfaith marriage; Internet personalities; Man-woman relationships.; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.; Social media; Travelers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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