I recently finished reading Escape by Carolyn Jessop. This book is about the life of Carolyn Jessop. She was born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a radical offshoot of the LDS. When she was 18 she was married to Meril Jessop when he was 50 and already had three wives. At the time they were married Carolyn and her family believed the marriage was a revelation from God through the prophet at the time “Uncle Roy.” She later found out her father was threatening to sue Meril for a business deal gone wrong. Meril, a very powerful man in the FLDS and he went to the prophet to ask to be married to Carolyn, because then she would be family and her father could no longer sue Meril.
