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The witness wore red : the 19th wife, who brought polygamous cult leaders to justice / Rebecca Musser ; with M. Bridget Cook.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1455527858
  • 9781455527854 :
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Contents:
Feathers on the wind -- The devil you know -- Up in flames -- Armageddon -- Matchmaker, matchmaker -- Sudden royalty -- For the pleasure of the gods -- Destroyed in the flesh -- The sweet promise of destruction -- God's law is above man's law -- Another child bride : breed 'em and break 'em -- From the frying pan into the fire -- The kiss that broke the spell -- Escape -- The Truman Show -- A few drops of water -- Emerging wings -- Missing persons -- Zion rising -- Purgatory for a prophet -- The witnesses wore red -- The God that revealed himself to me -- Yearning for Zion -- "Forced" entry : the raid -- Apostate at the temple gates -- Sacrificial lambs -- Breaching the vault -- Sex, lies, and videotape -- Balm of Gilead -- The marijuana house -- Destroying ignorance, not people -- Power vs. force -- The Rock of Genshai -- Truth and consequences -- Prosecution vs. persecution : God bless Texas -- The new millennium.
Summary: A gripping account of Rebecca Musser's struggle to escape the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints led by Rulon Jeffs and his son, Warren, and her subsequent decision 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.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography Musser, R. M989 On hold 33111007449396 1
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The revealing and inspiring memoir of a woman forced into polygamous marriage in FLDS Church and her brave struggle to protect others from the same fate.



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.

Feathers on the wind -- The devil you know -- Up in flames -- Armageddon -- Matchmaker, matchmaker -- Sudden royalty -- For the pleasure of the gods -- Destroyed in the flesh -- The sweet promise of destruction -- God's law is above man's law -- Another child bride : breed 'em and break 'em -- From the frying pan into the fire -- The kiss that broke the spell -- Escape -- The Truman Show -- A few drops of water -- Emerging wings -- Missing persons -- Zion rising -- Purgatory for a prophet -- The witnesses wore red -- The God that revealed himself to me -- Yearning for Zion -- "Forced" entry : the raid -- Apostate at the temple gates -- Sacrificial lambs -- Breaching the vault -- Sex, lies, and videotape -- Balm of Gilead -- The marijuana house -- Destroying ignorance, not people -- Power vs. force -- The Rock of Genshai -- Truth and consequences -- Prosecution vs. persecution : God bless Texas -- The new millennium.

A gripping account of Rebecca Musser's struggle to escape the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints led by Rulon Jeffs and his son, Warren, and her subsequent decision 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.

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