03738cam a2200709 a 4500 ocm58830522 OCoLC 20211018061542.0 050524s2005 enk 000 0aeng UKM eng UKM OCLCG YDXCP OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ NZAUC OCLCF OCLCA OCL KOTUI UKMGB OCLCQ OCLCO OCL OCLCO ZAAPA GBA525795 bnb 013147716 Uk 60962028 973458820 993914860 1016667196 0749950803 9780749950804 074995079X (cased) 9780749950798 (cased) 0749950919 (pbk.) 9780749950910 (pbk.) AU@ 000027731779 NOK 0749950803 NOK 0749950919 NZ1 9242986 UKBCI 047481021 UKBNS 047481021 UKBOR 047481021 UKDON 0749950803 UKDOR 047481021 UKMDD 0749950803 UKMGB 013147716 UKSCO 047481021 UKSGC 047481021 UKSOM 047481021 UKTLS 047481021 UNITY 047481021 (OCoLC)58830522 (OCoLC)60962028 (OCoLC)973458820 (OCoLC)993914860 (OCoLC)1016667196 ukscp n-us--- 289.3092 22 ZAAA Beck, Martha Nibley, 1962- Leaving the Saints : one child's story of survival and hope / Martha Beck. London : Portrait, 2005. ix, 306 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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. Wearing her sacred garments, she married in a secret temple ceremony - but only after two Mormon leaders ascertained that her 'past contained no flirtation with serious sins, such as committing murder or drinking coffee'. 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 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. Beck, Martha Nibley, 1962- Religion. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 31863 Ex-church members Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Biography. Adult child sexual abuse victims United States Biography. Beck, Martha Nibley, 1962- fast (OCoLC)fst00260524 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. fast (OCoLC)fst00549691 31863 Ex-church members Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. fast (OCoLC)fst02023885 Religion. fast (OCoLC)fst01093763 Adult child sexual abuse victims. fast (OCoLC)fst00797212 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 Biographies. fast (OCoLC)fst01919896 YBP Library Services YANK 3735930 C0 ZAAPA 52478 52478 0 0 ddc 0 0 DAPA DAPA 2021-10-18 0 289.30 BEC APA017558 2021-10-18 1 2021-10-18 BK