She followed its publication with a book tour. It was published by the Broadway division of Random House. In 2007, she co-authored her book Escape with Laura Palmer, which chronicled her life in the FLDS organization, her adulthood and disillusionment, and her eventual flight. Subsequently, she sued for custody of her children, and in 2003 became "the first woman ever granted full custody of her children in a contested suit involving the FLDS."
On April 21, 2003, when Jessop was 35, she left her husband's family and the FLDS church, fleeing to a safehouse in Salt Lake City. Carolyn Jessop now lives in the Salt Lake City area with her children. She is the cousin, by marriage, of Flora Jessop, another former FLDS member and advocate for abused children. Merril Jessop, fourth wife (1986 - 2003)Ĭarolyn Jessop (born January 1, 1968) is an American author and former Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints member who wrote Escape, an autobiographical account of her upbringing in the polygamist sect and later flight from that community.
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