Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

As â€œMormon royaltyâ€ within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Churchâ€™s high elders in an existence framed by the strictest code of conduct. As an adult, she moved to the east coast, outside of her Mormon enclave for the first time in her life. When her son was born with Down syndrome, Martha and her husband left their graduate programs at Harvard to return to Utah, where they knew the supportive Mormon community would embrace them.

But when she was hired to teach at Brigham Young University, Martha was troubled by the way the Churchâ€™s elders silenced dissidents and masked truths that contradicted its published beliefs. Most troubling of all, she was forced to face her history of sexual abuse by one of the Churchâ€™s most prominent authorities. The New York Times bestseller Leaving the Saints chronicles Marthaâ€™s 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 offers a rare glimpse inside one of the worldâ€™s most secretive religions while telling a profoundly moving story of personal courage, survival, and the transformative power of spirituality.
Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780307335999
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2006-04-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307335999

Country	USA
Brand	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780307335999
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2006-04-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307335999