Leaving the Saints: One Child's Story of Survival and Hope
By Martha Beck.
Description
In a thoughtful, moving, and ultimately inspiring memoir, bestselling author Martha Beck chronicles her difficult decision to leave behind her Mormon childhood and upbringing, and reveals her lifetime struggle to overcome a dark secret buried in her childhood. While growing up 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 - known as the Apostles - and her existence was framed by their strict code of conduct. When her son was born with Down syndrome, she and her husband left t...
ISBN(s)
0749950803, 9780749950804