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A devout mormon, she attended brigham young university, received good grades, was popular but most of all, she found the one, the man who declared that his claim to her was a matter of divine. Laakes wacky sexual secrets go on and on in secret ceremonies. Laake, 47, was best known for her bestselling book secret ceremonies. Deborah laake audio books, best sellers, author bio. Fortunately for exmormon deborah laake, author of a sudsy new autobiography, secret ceremonies 240 pages. The book, published in april 1993, spent 15 weeks on the new york.
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Laake had battled breast cancer since 1994 and was being treated for depression. A mormon womans intimate diary of marriage and beyond a member of the mormon church describes the voodoolike rituals and behaviors revealed to her on her wedding day and the male dominance, strange. Secret ceremonies navy general library program downloadable. Ms laake is now an exmormon, living in phoenix, arizona, and the author of a book in which she breaks the most sacred of the churchs vows by revealing the marriage rites at the core of the faith. These citations may not conform precisely to your selected citation style. Secret ceremonies is the story of the awakening of deborah laake. In this book, deborah laake, a former member of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints, chronicles her experiences with mormonism. Laake married monty in an arcane ceremony whose esoteric details are zestfully described here. The book secret ceremonies makes for a fascinating case study and not just the one that the author was aiming for.
In 2000, she committed suicide by ingesting an overdose of pills in charleston, south carolina. She was famous for her 1993 book entitled secret ceremonies. Description edit laake, a former member of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints lds church, chronicles her experiences with mormonism and the various rituals. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. In my research regarding mormon fundamentalism, i came across this memoir written by a mainstream mormon woman who was wed at a young age to another mainstream mormon in a temple ceremony. Secret ceremonies by deborah laake overdrive rakuten. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. In this book, deborah laake, a former member of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints, chronicles her experiences with mormonism and the various rituals performed in their temples.
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