Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman's lifetime struggle to overcome a dark secret buried in her childhood.
Growing up within the narrow confines of the Mormon Church, bestselling author Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church's high elders. After Adam, her second child was born, she and her husband left their graduate programmes at Harvard to return to Martha's hometown in Utah, where they knew they could rely on the support of the Mormon community.
However, soon after Martha began teaching at Brigham Young University, she was jolted into recovering horrific memories of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of one of the Church's most respected leaders. This book chronicles her decision to sever her relationship with the faith that had raised her, and to confront and forgive her abuser.
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