![]() ![]() ![]() Laake was excommunicated for apostasy because of her criticisms and also for her "detailed revelation of top-secret Mormon temple ceremonies" shortly after the book's publication. Writing in Religion News Service, Jana Riess characterizes Secret Ceremonies as a "go-for-the-jugular exposé" typical of the ex-Mormon memoirs of her era. The book was a commercial success it spent 15 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and over 500,000 copies were printed. ![]() She also blames the church "for her inability to enjoy marital intercourse, for her three failed marriages, for her attempted suicide, and for the two months she spent in a psychiatric institution". In the book she describes her childhood, her marriage, her divorce and the temple ceremonies in the LDS Church. After she stopped practicing the religion, she published the book Secret Ceremonies. ![]() She was raised as a member of the LDS Church and attended Brigham Young University. Laake was born Deborah Elsbeth Legler in Phoenix, Arizona. She was famous for her 1993 book entitled Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond, a candid and critical account of her experiences growing up and marrying as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Deborah Laake (Ap– February 6, 2000) was a columnist at the Dallas Morning News in the 1980s and later a staff writer, columnist, editor, and executive at the Phoenix New Times. ![]()
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