Leaving The Saints

One child's story of survival and hope

Written by: Martha Beck
Category: Non Fiction
Genre: Biography

Book Details:

ISBN 10: 074995079X
ISBN 13: 9780749950798
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Date Published: United Kingdom, April 28th, 2005
Language: English
Condition: Very Good
Appearance: Marks on cover, some foxing inside and inside. Overall condition is very good.

Synopsis:

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 narrow confines of the Mormon Church, bestselling author Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church's high elders. After Adam, her second child, was born with Down's syndrome, 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. But after Martha began teaching at Brigham Young University, she began to recall horrific memories of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of one of the Church's most respected leaders.

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