Leaving The Saints: One child's story of survival and hope
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LEAVING THE SAINTS is an unforgettable memoir about one woman's lifetime struggle to overcome a dark secret buried in her childhood. Growing up within the Mormon Church, bestselling author Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church's high elders and her existence was framed by their strict code of conduct. After Adam, her second child, was born, she and her husband left their graduate programmes at Harvard to return to Martha's hometown of Provo, Utah, where they knew the supportive Mormon community would embrace them. However, soon after Martha started teaching at Brigham Young University, she began to see at first hand the Church's ruthlessness as it silenced dissidents and masked truths that contradicted its beliefs. Most troubling of all, it brought to the surface memories of sexual abuse by one of the Church's most prominent authorities. This book chronicles her difficult decision to sever her relationship with the faith that had cradled her for so long and to confront and forgive the person who betrayed her so deeply.
Author: Martha Beck
Format: Paperback, 320 pages, 153mm x 234mm
Published: 2005, Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom
Genre: Autobiography: Religious & Spiritual
Description
LEAVING THE SAINTS is an unforgettable memoir about one woman's lifetime struggle to overcome a dark secret buried in her childhood. Growing up within the Mormon Church, bestselling author Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church's high elders and her existence was framed by their strict code of conduct. After Adam, her second child, was born, she and her husband left their graduate programmes at Harvard to return to Martha's hometown of Provo, Utah, where they knew the supportive Mormon community would embrace them. However, soon after Martha started teaching at Brigham Young University, she began to see at first hand the Church's ruthlessness as it silenced dissidents and masked truths that contradicted its beliefs. Most troubling of all, it brought to the surface memories of sexual abuse by one of the Church's most prominent authorities. This book chronicles her difficult decision to sever her relationship with the faith that had cradled her for so long and to confront and forgive the person who betrayed her so deeply.
Leaving The Saints: One child's story of survival and hope