private static String getText(Element parentElement) {
        StringBuilder working = new StringBuilder();
        for (Node child : parentElement.childNodes()) {
            if (child instanceof TextNode) {
                working.append(((TextNode) child).text());
            }
            if (child instanceof Element) {
                Element childElement = (Element) child;
                // do more of these for p or other tags you want a new line for
                if (childElement.tag().getName().equalsIgnoreCase("br")) {
                    working.append("\n");
                }
                working.append(getText(childElement));
            }
        }

        return working.toString();
    }