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Leaving the Saints How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

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ISBN-10: 0307335992

ISBN-13: 9780307335999

Edition: 2006

Authors: Martha Beck

List price: $14.95
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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 in an existence framed by the strictest code of conduct. As an adult, she moved to the east coast, outside of her Mormon enclave for the first time in her life. When her son was born with Down syndrome, Martha and her husband left their graduate programs at Harvard to return to Utah, where they knew the supportive Mormon community would embrace them. But when she was hired to teach at Brigham Young University, Martha was troubled by the way the Church's elders silenced dissidents and masked truths that contradicted its published beliefs. Most…    
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Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/25/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.23" wide x 7.99" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Martha Beck is a writer, life coach, and columnist whose other books include the "New York Times" bestseller "Finding Your Own North Star" and "The Joy Diet".