Favorite Wife: Escape From Polygamy

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 leaders of a rogue Mormon cult, who was engaged in a blood feud with his brother that from 1972 to 1988 claimed up to two dozen lives.



In this gripping and eloquent book, Susan Ray Schmidt tells the story of growing up on the inside and of her ultimate es...