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Where was the excitement I had anticipated as the wife of a leader in God’s church? We were supposed to be an army for the Lord, and yet babies, back-breaking work, and never enough money to go around were the lot of a polygamist’s wife. All around me were poverty-stricken homes filled with lonely women and children, living for the scattered moments when our husbands could find time for a hurried visit home. And yet the time Verlan spent at home was the most frustrating time of all. Knowing he was close, yet sleeping in another wife’s bed only blocks away, was the purest form of torture. The irony of it all was the fact that when he was with me, I felt sorry for the others.
It amazes me the kind of isolation these compounds and religious cults seem to have. I thought the author did a great job trying to be fair and balanced to her old faith and how she sees things now. She did a wonderful job capturing her reason and the spirit of her young self and beliefs. I could see that she worked very hard no to insult anyone's way of life while also trying to be honest about some of it's pitfalls. She also did a wonderful job enticing me to read some of the works by others of the same events just so I could further compare the picture and perhaps begin to better understand what brings people to the idea that polygamy is divine and how one lives within that framework.
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Posted March 13, 2011
A great book... well told story that is interesting and keeps you flipping pages.
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Posted January 5, 2012
An insightful peek inside a community far different from the norm. Very interesting and page turning. A great addition to several other books written about the Mormon way of life. I finished this book in one day!
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Posted June 28, 2012
The life Susan shared was done so with courage. So many who hear of polygamy do so without the knowledge of what it involves emotionally and physically for the women and children who are raised in the environment. My heart ached with Susan's sufferings and the choices she had to struggle with, and tearfully rejoiced with her determination to have her children escape the same struggles. This book is insightful and gives an honest, unbiased inside look at what polygamy truly produces.
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Posted February 25, 2012
This book was a great book! I can't say enough!!! What a read!
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Posted June 27, 2012
A little slow moving at times but lots of good info
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Posted April 19, 2013
It's so hard to understand the hold some religious leaders have on their followers. This book does an excellent job of explaining why she stayed. It's amazing to me that she found the strength and courage to leave that way of life, especially having five children to take into consideration. I'm so glad she finally found the happiness she searched for and deserved.
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Theres some crazy people out there and this book proves it
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Posted August 10, 2012
This book was very interesting. I had already read the book, Shattered Dreams, by another wife in this same family. This book gives a totally different perspective and more details on polygamy and the LeBaron family.
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Overview
A RIVETING MEMOIR OF LIFE INSIDE ONE OF NORTH AMERICA’S
MOST NOTORIOUS POLYGAMOUS CULTS
She had no choice in the matter—none of the girls did. Her mission was to give birth to and raise many children in devoted service to a shared husband. Susan was fifteen years old when she became the sixth wife of Verlan LeBaron, one of the ...