TRIUMPH(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　The author of The New York Times bestseller Escape returns
with a moving and inspirational tale of her life after she
heroically fled the cult she’d been raised in, her hard-won new
identity and happiness, and her determination to win justice for
the crimes committed against her family.
　　In 2003, Carolyn Jessop, 35, a lifelong member of the extremist
Mormon sect the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints (FLDS), gathered up her eight children, including her
profoundly disabled four-year-old son, and escaped in the middle of
the night to freedom. Jessop detailed the story of her harrowing
flight and the shocking conditions that sparked it in her 2007
memoir, Escape. Reveling in her newfound identity as a bestselling
author, a devoted mom, and a loving companion to the wonderful man
in her life, Jessop thought she had put her past firmly behind
her.
　　Then, on April 3, 2008, it came roaring back in full view of
millions of television viewers across America. On that date, the
state of Texas, acting on a tip from a young girl who’d called a
hotline alleging abuse, staged a surprise raid on the Yearning for
Zion Ranch, a sprawling, 1700-acre compound near Eldorado, Texas,
to which the jailed FLDS “prophet” Warren Jeffs had relocated his
sect’s most “worthy” members three years earlier. The ranch was
being run by Merril Jessop, Carolyn’s ex-husband and one of the
cult’s most powerful leaders. As a mesmerized nation watched the
crisis unfold, Jessop once more was drawn into the fray, this time
as an expert called upon to help authorities understand the customs
and beliefs of the extremist religious sect with which they were
dealing.
　　In Triumph, Jessop tells the real, and even more harrowing, story
behind the raid and sets the public straight on much of the
damaging misinformation that flooded the media in its aftermath.
She recounts the setbacks (the tragic decision of the Supreme Court
of Texas to allow the children in state custody to return to their
parents) as well as the successes (the fact that evidence seized in
the raid is the basis for the string of criminal trials of FLDS
leaders that began in October 2009 and will continue throughout
2010), all while weaving in details of her own life since the
publication of her first book. These include her budding role as a
social critic and her struggle to make peace with her eldest
daughter’s heartbreaking decision to return to the cult.
　　In the book’s second half, Jessop shares with readers the sources
of the strength that allowed her not only to survive and eventually
break free of FLDS mind control, but also to flourish in her new
life. The tools of her transformation range from powerful female
role models (grandmothers on both sides) to Curves fitness clubs (a
secret indulgence that put her in touch with her body) to her
college education (rare among FLDS women). With her characteristic
honesty and steadfast sense of justice, Jessop, a trained educator
who taught elementary school for seven years, shares her strong
opinions on such controversial topics as homeschooling and the need
for the court system to hold “deadbeat dads” accountable. (Among
Jessop’s recent victories is a court decision that ordered her
ex-husband to pay years of back child support.) An extraordinary
woman who has overcome countless challenges and tragedies in her
life, Jessop shows us in this book how, in spite of everything, she
has triumphed—and how you can, too, no matter what adversity you
face.–From the Hardcover edition.

　　Carolyn Jessop was born into the Fundamentalist Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a group splintered from and
renounced by the Mormon Church, and was married for seventeen years
to one of its highest-ranking leaders. Her bestselling account of
fleeing the FLDS, Escape, was published in 2007. She lives in West
Jordan, Utah, with seven of her eight children.
　　Laura Palmer is the author of Shrapnel in the Heart and has
collaborated on six other books, the most recent being the New York
Times bestseller Escape. She lives in New York City.–From the
Hardcover edition.