This book was good. I love to read books about people's triumphs to give themselves a better life. And this courages woman did alone with eight kids under her wing. It was very impressive how she manages to overcome such cruel situations in a polygamy world and live to tell about it. If you need inspiration this is a great read.

I bought this book full-price from Wal-Mart because of all the hype and couldn't get past page 150. The story, if exciting or interesting, was not reflected in the writing of this book at all. This book read like a teenager's diary. And then and then I did we did how could I what would I . . . It was too boring for words. When I think about it, what I think the book's writing is missing is feeling. I got no feeling from Jessop at all from reading this book. I wanted to note that she evokes the same reaction in her tv interviews too.

I could not put this book down. I am never like this....I was even reading it in the car(I get car sick, i never read in a moving vehicle)....This woman deserves a HUGE metal.I hope she makes some money off this book because lord knows she deserves every single penny.

I rarely read autobiographies or biographies, but I was perusing this at the store and read the first chapter and then decided I had to buy it.

This book is a more intimate glimpse into the FLDS. I read a few other reviews and it seems like there's a lot of shock. I wasn't shocked, but when I read it, it was more like morbid curiousity. I grew up with a few LDS friends and actually have some friends in the greater Salt Lake area. Other than a few oddities in their religion, I never thought Mormons were freaks. People will find whatever strangeness they want to find in any religion. Is it a cult? By it's definition, maybe. Growing up in the San Francisco bay area, I've seen freakier things that have nothing to do with religion.

My Mormon friends in Utah, will sometimes poke fun at the fundamentalists or express sadness. I get the impression that they're sort of a stain on mainstream Mormonism. It's like regular folks in Utah, know it, but don't actively seek the fundamentalists to expose them. Much like illegal immigrants here in California. We know they're there. They know they're involved in something they shouldn't be, but the legal process makes it so difficult to root them out and they hide behind laws that weren't meant to shield them.

Anyhow, this is more like an intimate portrait of the woman who lived this life and how she endured it. It's the story of how she grew up brainwashed and bought into it. Then found herself an advocate against it, but she needed to plan her escape into normal society.

As sad as her story is, I fear there is much more like this in the rest of the U.S. This is just one woman's story that was recently sensationalized because of the juicy parts.

I did find it interesting that she was a wardrobe consultant for the show Big Love and that she ended up with a guy who was Jewish.

I only hope that her life is headed in a good direction. Good read. I had trouble putting it down because it was well-written. It would have been nicer to see more photos, but it is what it is. A very sad story with a good ending.

Fascinating read. Found I couldn't put it down as I learned so much about this lifestyle that I knew nothing about apart from news articles. As you read it, its hard to believe that is happening in modern day America. Recommended as a book that will fascinate yet horrify you. I commend the author for doing what she has done to give her children a better life.

what an unbelievably horrible way for a woman to have to live. they must be born with NO backbone whatsoever.

those men should all be locked up where they cant hurt anyone else much less keep on reproducing themselves.

what a disgrace to the feminine gendar.

very readable but sickening book.

While Carolyn's tale is interesting, horrifying and even compelling the story suffers from poorly constructed sentences, BORING redundancies and just plain bad writing. WHERE was this woman's editor?? If it were not for the fascinating insight into this secretive society I wouldn't have been able to trudge through the whole thing. Alas, the story itself saved the book from it's writer.

Having lived in Arizona most of my life I have been following stories about the FLDS for years and watched as much of the story has unfolded and steps were taken to try and stop some of the corruption and abuse that occured once Warren Jeffs became prophet. Carolyn Jessop's book had me glued to it - I could not put it down and it still haunts me a bit as I have gone into the FLDS Truths website and it is eerie how they are still trying to discredit her. It is a true story and her former husband still wields incredible power over the sect and it was scary watching the women speak at the YFZ ranch after the raid. Carolyn is very brave and I hope much good will come of her stepping out of the box and coming forward with her story. I know a lot already has and I hope more follows - anyone who likes this book should watch the documentary "Banking On Heaven".

I LOVED this book. I ordered it after seeing her appear on Oprah. I couldn't put this book down. Carrolyn really goes into alot of detail about her marriage, and her life in general growing up on a compound. I didn't know much about polgamy before I read Carrolyn's book, and now I can't read enough about it. I think it is a very intresting way of life.

The book was hard for me to read because it's so poorly written. It's disjointed and whiny, but describes a way of life comletely unknown to me so I worked my way through it. I think it could be a good story if it was written in a less one-sided, less whiny, more cohesive style.

I could not put this down for 2 days. I love reading about ALL organized "religions" and this book was so scary.

I do hope Carolyn Jessop has found much deserved happiness and I cannot stop thinking about Betty. I hope she got out.

I also hope that Warren Jeffs NEVER gets out jail and hopefully all his cronies (Merril Jessop and the like) are not too far behind. Nasty Critters!

Very enlightening. Carolyn Jessop is to be admired. Its a shame more of these FLDS women cannot or will not escape & take thweir children. She showed a lot of courage in leaving & taking her children.

This is an unbelievable story about oppression of a woman and her children in an age where enlightenment of the human condition is unknown to the FDLS world. It is a story well told by Carolyn Jessop, whose bravery in the face of insurmountable odds that would overwhelm even the most courageous souls among us and, of her success in escaping with her eight children, and emerging victorious from a life of submissivenss to a cult's polygamous lifestyle that one finds hard to believe exists in the 21st century.

Stunned and amazed! I read pretty quickly and this book was so jammed packed with history about the FLDS that I found myself having to reread some parts just to get it. It was SOOO GOOD! I would recommend it to everyone.
READ IT!

The book was great especially for those who are looking for more information about what it was like to be in the FLDS. 100% recommended!

The book is well written, easy to read. Carolyn Jessop is a survivor, an inspiration to all women who have gone through abusive relationships and come out on top. Way to go, Carolyn!

No, this isn't a tale of Laura Ingalls meeting her new sister-wives. Carolyn Jessop reveals a polygamist community that is joyless, vindictive and abusive. Jessop does admit however, that before Warren Jeffs became the prophet of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS), life wasn't too bad. She had a carefree childhood, earned a college degree and wore somewhat normal clothes. It wasn't until her father arranged for Jessop to marry a 53-year-old man, when she was only 18 that things started going sour. When I was reading this book, it reminded me of the movie, "Not Without My Daughter" about Betty Mahmoody's harrowing escape out of Iran or Margaret Atwood's futuristic novel, The Handmaid's Tale. But this is a true story about a secretive community that is only a 7 hour drive from my Phoenix home. I kept wondering why anyone would want to live this way. But Carolyn Jessop explains that the members believe without question that they are God's chosen people and will reap huge rewards in the celestial kingdom. They just have to have perfunctory sex (while in long underwear) with creepy old men before they get there. Good luck with that! I really enjoyed this book and couldn't put it down. Carolyn Jessop is an intelligent woman who saw a chance to get out with her 8 children and did. This book should be a warning to anyone who thinks the FLDS community is just a wholesome bunch of Pa and Ma and Ma and Ma and Ma, etc. kw

There are two things I'm going to review here. One is the premise and the value of the story. The second is the actual writing and presentation of the story.

First thing. Great story. I can't add to what anyone else has said. Harrowing, scary, sick. Thought-provoking.

Second thing. Horrible, horrible, horrible writing. If the story wasn't so compelling by itself, I never would have kept reading. I don't think this ever got past a second editor review. Awkward sentences, bad grammar, rotten phrasing, boring and confusing voice. It was terrible. Terrible. Terrible!!!!

How long did it take you to figure out who Uncle Roy was? I had a guess, but I finally gave up after the first quarter of the book and looked it up on the Internet! The Internet! I had the book right there! No one had bothered to tell me who a main character was. It finally was explained about the middle of the book. Whatever!

Anyway, read if you want a glimpse into one polygamous family in Colorado City. But don't read for a fabulous literary experience.

This is one of the best books I have read. I read it in two days. I want to share it with every woman I know. It is an eye opener and makes you appreciate your own values, morals and beliefs and the life you have. I read this while pregnant myself and I was brought to tears over the cruelty to the FLDS children. I strongly encourage you to read it even if you check it out at the library. You won't be sorry.

Carolyn Jessop is truly a hero. This book was hard to put down, even though the horror she experienced beginning with her sudden forced plural marraige made me feel sick. Carolyn's story (and others like hers) should be what the government looks at before they decide to allow misfit, abusive parents to have their children back. The men in this cult are abusers and molesters, the women brainwashed and abused into submission, afraid for the safety of themselves and their children. Carolyn is a strong, intelligent woman, who did what she could to protect her children until she could "Escape" the sick culture she was born into.

Read this book - an easy and compelling literary work. Impossble to put down from start to finish. What an amazing woman and her story is mind blowing. She overcame more adversity than most people will ever see in their lives. If you want a good idea what Warren Jeffs and his so called religious group, the FLDS, is all about, read this book. It will educate you and open your eyes to the world behind their compound walls. To be able to stay sane through all the verbal, emotional and even sexual abuse is unbelievable but then to be able to gather your 8 children together and escape successfully is heroic.

This book is compelling. It is written at a low level which makes it a quick and easy read. The details are at times excruciatingly painful to read. This is a good book for you if you want to have a more thorough understanding of the FLDS faith and the effect on its people. In some ways, this book is a carefully crafted attack. At times, it seems juvenile in it's blatant attacks on members, but I can't blame her. I'm sure she wrote some of those zingers with the intent that they would be read one day by those individuals, and that would be her way of getting them back. An eye opening book.

I purchased this book as a gift for my mother. She said she liked the book, but the beginning of the book was rather boring and mundane. Otherwise it was interesting reading. For the reasons given, I would rate it a 4 star.

This book was extremely entertaining, but at the same time disturbing and incredulous. It is particularly relevant now with the raid on the FLDS compound in Texas (the same one from the book, they have moved). Reading it, I found it hard to believe that there are people living that way in modern times in the U.S. Even more difficult to understand is why she didn't escape much earlier. These women are not chained up in the basement. The author went to college, had a career, and actually lived in other cities away from the sect for stretches of time. It just goes to show that even when the members are physically away from the "compound", they are still mentally ensnared in its grasp.

Just because the baby is sitting in dirty water doesn't mean that the baby should be tossed out too!

I loved the book. Read it in less than a week, even though I am busy with 8 children of my own. I absolutely loved her honesty and have no problem believing that she was rarely out of line. It is possible to be blameless among predators.

However, as I neared the end of the book I began to have a heavy-hearted feeling. When I set the book down for the last time, it dawned on me that Carolyn's experiences with religion has caused her to turn her back on God. This is a sad thing.

I really hoped that Carolyn would use her voice to help people learn what it is to know God apart from religious foolishness and evil.

Just because a hospital causes a death we do not abandon hospitals; just because some schools ruined some of our childhood years, does not mean that we give all public education zero credit. If that is our practice, then we are cold and unthinking. I know that Carolyn loves to think and discern, and I do hope that she uses wisdom when speaking of God.

I hope that Carolyn can learn (or has already learned) to separate God from mankind's idiotic stupidity, and find true Spirituality.

I'm not blaming her for anything, in fact, I've been in a similar circumstance as she (I have 10 children); and I did lose sight of the Truth for a time because of a religious zealot who deceived me, used me and shafted me right to the end.

God seems silent during these times, yet His Grace really should amaze us. Carolyn should thank Him that because of her book, she is set for life financially. She will never have to ask another man for anything again. :) Now who's go the power?!! - Soni

Carolyn's story is amazing and I couldn't put the book down - it should be made into a movie.

Since it's such a vast departure from mainstream monogamy, polygamy has intrigued me for as long as I can remember. The raid in Texas earlier this year fueled my fire. Prior to reading "Escape," I also read "His Favorite Wife," and "Shattered Dreams." While I enjoyed reading both of the other books, "Escape" is vastly different and in a good way. Somehow in this book, you feel like you're more a part of what's going on - you can almost feel like you're there with Carolyn Jessop as she tells the story of her life.

What the reader discovers is that polygamy is not what it appears to be. It's much less about consenting adults who choose to live a particular lifestyle than it is about the complete oppression of the female gender under the guise of eternal salvation. From birth, the children who are unfortunate to be born into this cult are indoctrinated a/k/a "brainwashed" to conform to the cult's bizarre beliefs. Some of it was incredibly hard to digest... the word "fun" was outlawed! The color red was outlawed! Compliments were discouraged! Child abuse was encouraged! Affection between a mother and her child was a punishable offense. Children were taught that they did not belong to their mothers, but to the prophet Warren Jeffs, and that he had complete control over their destiny. In exchange for their absolute subservience, followers were promised eternal salvation. Women have no rights whatsoever in any aspect of their lives. On the other hand, men have absolute power, but only as long as they remain in favor by staying in compliance with Jeffs. The author was fortunate enough to crave knowledge and to grow up prior to Jeffs coming to full power. Because of this she was able to acquire a college education, but she fought for it. I think this is what gave her the edge to do what she needed to do to escape. Knowledge is power, and that is why Jeffs eventually outlawed public school and decreed that children were to stay home.

Warren Jeffs is a barbaric and sinister leader. He led by fear and intimidation. Children could be taken from their mothers at any time, and wives and children could be reassigned to another man on Jeffs' whim. Teenage girls as young as 14 were ordered to marry 80 year-old men. Mothers and daughters were married to the same man. Men and boys were excommunicated for the slightest and oftentimes false infractions. Jeffs ordered the torture of animals and forced children to watch this torture, and once ordered the execution of all dogs in the community. He sodomized young boys. Jeffs is one sick man, who at the time of his arrest had amassed close to 200 wives. I personally hope that he rots in prison, and then rots for eternity in hell.

I finished this book in less than a week. I found myself reading it every chance I got... on lunch breaks... at stoplights... after dinner. It was captivating, and I just couldn't wait to delve even more into this remarkable story of survival. Carolyn Jessop managed to find the strength to fight for her own freedom and for her children's freedom - and win. I find myself wondering, "What would I have done in the same circumstance?" Could you or I have found the same strength to escape? I'm just glad that is something I'll never have to find out.

I wanted to know about Carolyn Jessop and her family. How they lived and survived in their religion and how they escaped? It is a very good book. It gives a lot of insight on a world some of do not participate in or believe in.

For about the first quarter of this book I found it a very good read - till I seen she contradicted herself on something she had just said. After that I paid attention, and found she contradicted herself on many things. First off she said her babies were always small, but she had said her girl was born weighing 7 pounds. --- They were investing in numerous businesses, yet she said she and her children were almost starving. She said at one point that she quit her job and stayed home, but later in the book said she had always had a job while she was with her husband. --- She said at one point that her husband had withdrawn all supplying of necessities to her, to make her submit, but she filed her income taxes, and did not tell her husband. Also she said she began selling $5000.00 worth of cosmetics in a month (in a community that wore no cosmetics). She did this to supply her and her childrens necessities, yet her husband never suspected... I do not believe this. --- She said she was 32 months along, that she was not far enough along in her pregnancy for the baby to be viable, and that she had 2 more months to carry him. Huh? --- In one section of the book she said it was required for all adults were required to wear the long underwear. Elsewhere she said that only 20% of them wore the long underwear. --- She said throughout the book that sex during pregnancy was not allowed, but that her husband had sex with her. Then later she said, "A decree went into effect banning sex during pregnancy, and women started losing their husbands because they stopped having sex with them when they were pregnant". --- She said that new rules said a man was under no obligation to sleep with any wife he didn't plan on getting pregnant, and so the men chose their favorite wives and locked in a caste system with the others. But, according to how she talked all through the book, this was nothing new, but what had been going on all along. --- She said there was a decree that women weren't allowed to travel alone without a man, and that they would be pulled over by the police for doing so - yet she constantly talked of herself driving everywhere. How? - Late in the book she said that she had to make herself start driving again, cause she said she had not really done so since her accident, yet earlier in the book she had talked about her fear of driving after the accident, but then talked over and over of driving to various medical appointments. Again, contradiction. And apparently she was never stopped for being a woman alone, or for driving without plates on her car, as she said the women's cars were. How did she get by with this? --- She said "No one ever abused the kids when I was home, yet no one ever knew when I was gone". I found this comment to be absolutely asinine, since she had described numerous times of being gone for prolonged periods with her sons illness - sometimes for days or weeks at a time. How could anyone not know she was gone? Duh? --- She always said "everyone in the house was required to come to prayer - or else", yet Cathleen did not. Another contradiction. --- When talking about her sons illness, at one point she said, "It has been nearly a year since he got sick", then when plainly quite some time had passed, she again said, "It has been nearly a year since he got sick". What? --- Another statement I found really asinine, was when she said, "If Merril found out I had told the truth to anyone outside the community I would have been sentenced to hell in the afterlife and shunned in the community". She had long made plans to leave anyway, so she supposedly had made the choice with these issues, so why the big `poor me' about these issues. --- She always said she hated her husband, but still she sat next to him 2 times on a trip when she knew how much that upset one of her sister-wives. Why did she do that? --- Earlier in the book she said her father never cared, yet towards the end of the book she said "his children mattered very much to him".--- Another thing, there were always so many impossible, or definitely extremely unlikely coincidences. It just seemed like more ways to add `drama' or create her own `specialness'. It definitely seemed like she thought she was really special, that the rules did not apply to her, and she took no responsibility at all for anything. I do believe that most of the things really happened, but I felt that (everything) was written (way over the top), the utmost drama, and she was the queen of it all. I did feel for what she went through, but the drama and self-rightiousness got to me.

As gripping as any work of fiction. An incredible insight into the FLDS. I cant believe this goes on in the USA today.

I could not put this book down once I started reading it. I first saw Ms. Jessop on Bill O'Reilly and after listening to her I just had to read the book. I find it so hard to believe this type of thing is going on in America.
She is such a brave and caring woman I wish her a lot of luck and hope her daughter will return to her.

I was anxious to get the book for an upcoming book club meeting and was please with both the price and the timely delivery.

If ever someone had a great subject for a book, this is it. Reading it today--after the raid of the FLDS compound in Texas--provides readers with greater insight to the complex issues these women and children currently face and an understanding of how they got there in the first place. I'm now convinced that the former FLDS women we see on TV are defending their husbands and lifestyles out of fear...but that's another story.

While my heart hurts for Carolyn Jessop and the horrors she experienced, I do agree with previous reviewers that the book itself has a few problems:

1. The book was repetitive. I'd read certain phrases and realize I'd seen them before, often more than once. The book could use some serious tightening; where was the editor?

2. Certainly Carolyn was abused terribly and deserves compassion, but I wish we'd heard more about how she may have reached out to help others in the compound. Could she have shown more empathy to her husband's newest wives and her step-children? Did she try? Or maybe it wasn't possible in her survival mode? Questions left unanswered.

3. I wish we'd heard more about some other parts of her life, like her job teaching in the community school. I wanted to know more about the familiy's interactions with non-FLDS folks outside the community. For example, how did her husband explain his huge and unusual family when they all traveled together?

4. I wanted to learn more about her adjustment to the real world, particularly her children's acclimation to their new schools, clothing, friends, etc. I wanted to read more about Betty.

Overall, "Escape" is a good read. It could have been a great read if some of the repetitive parts were replaced with potentially more interesting areas that were left either skimmed or ignored. I still gave it four stars because of the demonstration of Carolyn's courage and the power her story has in educating the world of polygamous abuses. May "Escape" lead to more stories of rescue and escape for the women and children living similar nightmares.

Carolyn Jessop's book is essential for anyone seeking to unravel the power struggles within the FLDS, and she is unsparing of the uses to which power is put. The autocratic power of the "Prophet" Warren Jeffs was used to control the towns of Short Creek (Colorado City) AZ and Hilldale, UT, the education system and the police. By extension, males who accepted him were able to conmytol their children and their wives through not only economics but also through fear and dissension and emotional and physical violence.

The Taliban of course uses many of the same techniques, and also grounds its actions in the form of a male-centered polygyny.

Bravo, Carolyn Jessop.

This is the story of a young woman born into the FLDS who is victimized, first by her parents who force her into an arranged plural marriage with a man even older than her father, and then again by her husband and his other wives. It is a compelling read--the plight of women who live in poverty and sequestration and are little more than baby factories. The cult of FLDS exerts frightening control over all its members. By a miracle of epiphany and courage, the author leaves the cult under dark of night. I found this book enlightening and I recommend it to others who are curious about the FLDS.

The author does a good job of explaining the fundamental beliefs of the FDLS. But I did get a little tired of reading the whole history of this organization. I really enjoyed reading about her life and that of her children. Its hard for me, not a member, to understand how anyone could be so brow beaten by the leaders of the FDLS. But so glad she found a happier life outside the group. Wish she could have done a lengthier update of her life now.

This story is incredible. She gives a detailed history of her childhood and marriage in the FLDS cult. She offers a lot of insight into their beliefs and how dysfunctional the group became after Warren Jeffs took over. Her story of escape and her road to a normal life will keep you up at night reading.

I was really intrigued by this story. My heart went out to Carolyn. I couldn't put the book down. I really enjoyed every page.

I have never been so taken with a book as I was with this, It was beautifully written by a woman who has more grits and stamina than 10 people. I cried (a first) as I was reading about her son being beaten by another woman(?) a sister wife. What a monster, all because she curried favors with the leader.
We lived in Kingman until a year ago so we were close to the happenings and fequently read about girls escaping and being helped by women who took them in. Believe me, a cheer went up in the whole town when Warren Jeffs was captured.
This is a must read.
Marge Finn

Outstanding.... I am not a reader whatsoever, but the recent talk about poligamy in the news and shows such as Big Love, really struck my interest. I cannot believe the way the women and children are treated in these poligamist camps. This was a very liberating book, I could not put it down. She is a VERY strong woman.

Escape was disturbing and kept me up at night, yet it was also one of the most powerful stories I've ever read. I had trouble putting it down. Carolyn Jessop is a strong, bright and brave woman who sacrificed herself to save her children from the only world she knew -- even though it was a life she understood was wrong. I am proud she found the strength to leave this horiffic place and provide a better life for herself and her children. Perhaps Betty, her daughter who went back to the cult after turning 18, will wake up and leave one day as well. Carolyn's story is a must read for all of our daughters, who should learn to stand up strong for themselves and be raised to be independent and equals to all men. While I know I can't save the world, the book made me want to go to Colorado City, Texas and Utah and save the next generation of children from these cults full of polygamy and hatred. This cult, which is disguised in religion, is simply too scary for words. Thank you, Carolyn, for sharing your painful tale. I believe your book will wake up America and attract the attention it deserves. Perhaps this country will one day find a way to close these cults down forever.

Kimberly Lifton
Huntington Woods, Michigan

Great book! It was a real page turner. I would highly recommend reading this true story. I passed it on to a friend when I was done.

Jessops book was very interesting and gave an insight of just how the
cult functions. The book helps you understand how this could happen to women and children, but it's depressing. They live in this world because they don't know how to live a normal life, and then easily taken advantage of by men. The biggest downfall to the audiotape was the reader. Her voice was so sweet and phony I had a hard time listening. The content was good, but carolyn picked the wrong reader.

I spent 8 days with the FLDS children in San Angelo. This book is a VERY good representation of what these children may have gone through.

This book gives us another startling look into the oppressive world of the FLDS. Power and control issues have taken over the lives of every female in the group. The men, especially the leaders, assert that they are entitled to control the womens' lives, and the women are either in such fear or so completely brainwashed that they accept this unhealthy, oppressive lifestyle!!

When are we going to overcome?? Our society has been offering to help women ESCAPE from these men for over 50 years, yet the cult still operates in much the same way with only a few women liberating themselves.

Escape

This book was very well written and is very informative.

This is a great book.....I absolutely could not put it down once I started it. I highly recommend it!

Carolyn Jessop's story is one that shouldn't happen in our country at all and her willingness to share this intimate story should open our eyes to the horror of brain washing and the plight of the victims. I hope the book is read with eyes wide open and concern developed in the reader's heart for the victims of this crime. This is a wonderful book and an all night read.

This book gives a secret look into the FLDS world from the point of view of someone who loved and respected her religion but was ultimately hurt by it. I think it gives both points of view. Enjoyed this story.

This is undeniably a compelling book. I finished it in big gulps in 2 days - really couldn't put it down. Some reviewers here have found it poorly written. I agree that it is not highly polished literature, but the voice is completely appropriate and authentic. The repetitions and minor lapses just add to the sense that this dear woman is telling us her story as fast as she can get the words on paper - her story is just tumbling out of her, and the loose editing allows that sense of urgency to come through.
My only problem is, now what? I hope Ms. Jessop will come out with another book after she has managed to give this some thought. How do we help the women and children she was able to leave behind? We certainly don't want "the government" telling us how to raise our children and what our marital relationships and religious beliefs should be like, but we can't have this sort of brain-washing and cult behavior going on, either. A clear start would be to immediately disband the FLDS police, fire and EMT departments, and put either state or federal law enforcement agents in place of those bums. And if they say they are being discriminated because of their religion - too bad. Get 'em out of there. There should also be some sort of "escape house" within the FLDS compound itself, staffed by professional crisis counselors from around the country, where any woman or child could go and get immediate help. And then some longer term parter organizations to help these poor families get back on their feet in a safe part of the country.
Someone, please, let the rest of us know how to help these women! I'm glad Ms. Jessup got out, but there are so many more.