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| Authors: |
Martha Nibley Beck |
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Martha Nibley Beck |
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Biography & Autobiography · Religion |
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Format: Audio - Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House (March 01, 2005)
Measurements: 5.5"(h) x 5"(w) x 1"(d), 0.45 lbs.
ISBN: 9780739317808 |
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<i>Leaving the Saints</i> is an unforgettable memoir about one woman’s spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her existence was framed by their strict code of conduct. Wearing her sacred garments, she married in a secret temple ceremony—but only after two Mormon leaders ascertained that her “past contained no flirtation with serious sins, such as committing murder or drinking coffee.” She went to church faithfully with the other brothers and sisters of her ward. When her son was born with Down syndrome, she and her husband left their graduate programs at Harvard to return to Provo, Utah, where they knew the supportive Mormon community would embrace them.<br><br>However, soon after Martha began teaching at Brigham Young University, she began to see firsthand the Church’s ruth |
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