New Mormon Books

[Brent Jeffs] is determined to make known the extent of what he describes as his Uncle Warren’s evil. At the same time, Brent advocates for fair treatment of remaining members of the sect, which has several outposts in Colorado.

FLDS warped lives, “Lost Boy” recounts. Compassion is urged toward the Mormon fundamentalist sect.
By Electa Draper
The Denver Post, June 14, 2009.
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12586013

Brent Jeffs lived the insider’s life behind the closed gates of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the LDS splinter denomination once led by his polygamist uncle, Warren Jeffs, and dogged by controversy and rumors of sexual abuse. But it wasn’t pretty: From his vantage point, the younger Jeffs witnessed brainwashing, bullying and repeated molestation by his uncle that ended only after his family was excommunicated from the FLDS for the infraction of maintaining contact with relatives in the outside world.

Today’s featured event: Go inside the FLDS compound with Brent Jeffs
By Susan Froyd in Things to Do
Latest Word, Jun. 3 2009
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/06/todays_featured_event_go_onsid.php

One in a rash of FLDS-related memoirs to come out in the last few years, Lost Boy is the first I know of that presents a man’s perspective and experience. Jeffs is quick to note that while many outsiders may think men love the idea of having multiple wives and the implied sexual variety polygamy would provide, the reality of day-to-day life in a polygamous family is anything but dreamy.

Book Review: Lost Boy by Brent W. Jeffs
By Rebecca
The Book Lady’s Blog. May 30, 2009
http://thebookladysblog.com/2009/05/30/book-review-lost-boy-by-brent-w-jeffs/

He looks like any other 20-something you’d pass on the street. Short, dark hair, striped button-down shirt, sunglasses, jeans. He comes from a large family, but that’s not uncommon in Utah. That is, until you realize just how big his family is.

Brent Jeffs, grandson of polygamist Rulon Jeffs and nephew of Warren Jeffs, grew up in the Fundamentalist LDS Church and has a new book on his experience, titled “Lost Boy.”

‘Lost Boy’ tells of his life in FLDS Church
By Emiley Morgan
Deseret News, May 24, 2009
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705306263/Lost-Boy-tells-of-his-life-in-FLDS-Church.html