title: Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
author:  Elissa Wall 
description: &#8220;Wall&#8217;s story couldn&#8217;t be more timely. Her descriptions of the polygamous sect&#8217;s rigidity are shocking, but what&#8217;s most fascinating is the immensely likeable author&#8217;s struggle to reconcile her longing for happiness with her terror of it&#8217;s consequences.&#8221; (People)
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  # Something Shady
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Pamela Morsi
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![Gnarly Wool Publishing](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  ![Gnarly Wool Publishing](../images/00001.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _For my late husband who gave up all that was dear and familiar to become an
  all-American boy. And for my late father-in-law who wisely counseled his son
  to marry a simple country girl. It worked out so well for me._
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0003.html#2RHM0-619a8396fef44b36bba666d39f20f8e5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0004.html#3Q280-619a8396fef44b36bba666d39f20f8e5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0005.html#4OIQ0-619a8396fef44b36bba666d39f20f8e5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0006.html#5N3C0-619a8396fef44b36bba666d39f20f8e5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0007.html#6LJU0-619a8396fef44b36bba666d39f20f8e5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0008.html#7K4G0-619a8396fef44b36bba666d39f20f8e5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0009.html#8IL20-619a8396fef44b36bba666d39f20f8e5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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