Escape by Carolyn Jessop

413 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir religion dark emotional slow-paced

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The dramatic first-person account of life inside an ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect, and one woman’s courageous flight to freedom with her eight children.When she was eighteen years old, Carolyn Jessop was coerced into an arranged mar...

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Moods

emotional 78%
informative 59%
dark 55%
sad 51%
inspiring 48%
tense 42%
reflective 34%
challenging 29%
hopeful 27%
adventurous 2%

Pace

medium 52%
slow 34%
fast 13%

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