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

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Availability:In StockContributor:Martha BeckPublish date:2006-04-25Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)ISBN-13:9780307335999ISBN-10:307335992UPC:9780307335999Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ReligionBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Religious, ChristianityBook Topic:Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)Size:8.00 x 5.30 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.5908Product ID:SC88G0K4AM
As "Mormon royalty" within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church'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 Church'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 Church's most prominent authorities. The New York Times bestseller Leaving the Saints chronicles Martha'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 world's most secretive religions while telling a profoundly moving story of personal courage, survival, and the transformative power of spirituality.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)ISBN-13:9780307335999ISBN-10:307335992UPC:9780307335999Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ReligionBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Religious, ChristianityBook Topic:Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)Size:8.00 x 5.30 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.5908Product ID:SC88G0K4AM
Martha Beck is the author of the New York Times bestselling Expecting Adam, Finding Your Own North Star, and The Joy Diet. She lives with her family in Phoenix, Arizona. Learn more about her at marthabeck.com, and join the discussion at leavingthesaints.com.
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

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