Escape Jessop Carolyn

Carolyn Jessop was raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, married at 18 to a man three decades older, and spent the next fifteen years trapped in a polygamous household with six sister-wives and eight children. This is the story of how she got out. Jessop doesn't sensationalize — the facts are harrowing enough. She writes with clarity about manipulation, control, and what it takes to walk away from everyone you've ever known. It's a survival story, a custody battle, and a rare firsthand account of life inside one of America's most secretive religious sects. For readers drawn to memoirs of resilience, cult psychology, or anyone who loved Educated.