I am looking for the title of the book that was written in the last 3
years I believe, by the excommunicated daughter of a leader of the
mormon religion. She exposed some of the religion's secret rituals.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 21 Jul 2006 11:07 PDT

Charlieq,

Could the book be Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found
My Faith, (released in March 2005) by Martha Beck.

Hardcover
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0609609912/104-6619901-0859958?v=glance&n=283155

Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307335992/ref=ed_oe_p/104-6619901-0859958?ie=UTF8


"The daughter of one of Mormonism's most prominent religious scholars
has accused her father of sexually abusing her as a child in a
forthcoming memoir that is shining an unwelcome spotlight on the
practices and beliefs of the much-scrutinized but protectively private
Mormon religious community. "
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E17FB3D590C778EDDAB0894DD404482

"Her most recent book, Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and
Found My Faith, (released in March 2005) is a narrative in which Beck
describes memories of sexual abuse by her father [1], prominent Mormon
academician Hugh Nibley; her sexual relationship with her husband;
Feminism; religiosity; her experiences teaching at Brigham Young
University; cultural dissonance and anomalies in Utah; her spiritual
journey leaving The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and
her research and use of controversial hypnosis and self-hypnosis
methods to recover repressed childhood memories (including the alleged
abuse). The book was originally conceived as a novel, loosely based on
her life (with the main character being male), but was changed to
relate her personal experiences at the encouraging of her publishers,
according to a review in the Mormon magazine Sunstone."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Beck

Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 24 Jul 2006 21:44 PDT

Charlieq,

Did I find the correct book?

Thanks, 
Bobbie7

Dear Charlieq,

After further research, I am confident the book you are
looking for is "Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found
My Faith" by Martha Beck. This book was released in March 2005.


Descriptions:

"The daughter of one of Mormonism's most prominent religious scholars
has accused her father of sexually abusing her as a child in a
forthcoming memoir that is shining an unwelcome spotlight on the
practices and beliefs of the much-scrutinized but protectively private
Mormon religious community. "

New York Times
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E17FB3D590C778EDDAB0894DD404482



"Her most recent book, Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and
Found My Faith, (released in March 2005) is a narrative in which Beck
describes memories of sexual abuse by her father [1], prominent Mormon
academician Hugh Nibley; her sexual relationship with her husband;
Feminism; religiosity; her experiences teaching at Brigham Young
University; cultural dissonance and anomalies in Utah; her spiritual
journey leaving The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and
her research and use of controversial hypnosis and self-hypnosis
methods to recover repressed childhood memories (including the alleged
abuse). The book was originally conceived as a novel, loosely based on
her life (with the main character being male), but was changed to
relate her personal experiences at the encouraging of her publishers,
according to a review in the Mormon magazine Sunstone."

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Beck



Hardcover
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0609609912/104-6619901-0859958?v=glance&n=283155


Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307335992/ref=ed_oe_p/104-6619901-0859958?ie=UTF8


Read more:

Leaving the Saints 
http://www.leavingthesaints.com/index.html

An excerpt from Leaving the Saints
http://www.leavingthesaints.com/excerpt.html


I hope this helps!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

For what it's worth, that looks right to me! Nice work, Bobbie! I'm
curious to hear what the customer has to say, because I think you've
found it.

Sincerely,
Boquinha-ga