Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs

“Both creepy…and quite moving.”
New York Times Book Review

“Wall’s story couldn’t be more timely.”
People

Stolen Innocence is the gripping New York Times bestselling memoir of Elissa Wall, the courageous former member of Utah’s infamous FLDS polygamist sect whose powerful courtroom testimony helped convict controversial sect leader Warren Jeffs in September 2007. At once shocking, heartbreaking, and inspiring, Wall’s story of subjugation and survival exposes the darkness at the root of this rebel offshoot of the Mormon faith.

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448 pages

Average rating: 7.91

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katietopp
Jan 01, 2025
6/10 stars
I love a memoir about an ex-cult member. But this one didn't hit me the right way. I think it's because I have heard Wall family's story before. It was a bit longer than it needed to be.
Savageme42
Apr 30, 2023
8/10 stars
This is a fascinating look behind the wall of secrecy surrounding the FLDS. Hard to read at times, but engrossing and worth a read if you are morbidly fascinated with FLDS like I am.

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