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Leaving the Saints

How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith
Book • 2006
Leaving the Saints offers a rare glimpse inside one of the world’s most secretive religions while telling a profoundly moving story of personal courage, survival, and the transformative power of spirituality.

Martha Beck, raised as 'Mormon royalty,' recounts her experiences teaching at Brigham Young University, where she faced the Church’s silencing of dissidents and masking of truths.

The book details her journey out of the Church and her path towards healing and spiritual rediscovery.

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Mentioned by Martha Beck as the book she wrote about her experiences leaving the Mormon church.
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