While Beth and I did some online Christmas shopping today, I remembered to visit Alibris.com to look for some rare and out of print books. Once again, my visit there didn’t disappoint as we were able to find what we were looking for and a couple of other titles we hadn’t thought of.

Tim Challies provides an in-depth review of the latest Christian fiction phenomenon, The Shack.

Carolyn Jessop’s Escape is the true story of the author’s life in a polygamist cult followed by her eventual flight to freedom. I started the book one afternoon and was finished the following evening. Her descriptions of the perverse and abusive culture in which she lived had me spending each free moment finding out what would happen next. Sadly, all of the drama in her life makes for a riveting page turner.

Three aspects of Jessop’s story stand out to me: 1) the cultural isolation of her community, 2) the role of sex in her polygamist marriage and 3) the rivalries that existed between her and her “sister-wives.” Continue Reading