description: Laake, a former member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), chronicles her experiences with Mormonism and the various rituals performed in their temples. Laake recounts her studies at the Brigham Young University, her loveless first marriage at nineteen, her subsequent divorce and the problems she encountered with the Mormon authorities and her relatives due to her practice of masturbation. She claims these things caused her to be ostracized and eventually hospitalized in a mental institution because of the pressures and sexual repression exerted by the church.
language: English
title: Secret Ceremonies by Deborah Laake
titlecomplete: Secret Ceremonies by Deborah Laake (1995-05-31)
genres: Feminism, Biography, Memoir, Autobiography, Religion, Cults, Biography Memoir, Cult Classics, Nonfiction, Mormonism
ratings_count: 961
publisher: Random House Value Publishing