Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife
by:
Irene Spencer (author)
Irene Spencer did as she felt God commanded in becoming the second wife to her brother-in-law Verlan LeBaron. When the government raided their community-the Mormon village of Short Creek, Arizona-seeking to enforce the penalties for practicing polygamy, Irene and her family fled to Verlan's...
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Irene Spencer did as she felt God commanded in becoming the second wife to her brother-in-law Verlan LeBaron. When the government raided their community-the Mormon village of Short Creek, Arizona-seeking to enforce the penalties for practicing polygamy, Irene and her family fled to Verlan's family ranch in Mexico. Here they lived in squalor and desolate conditions with Verlan's six brothers, one sister, and numerous wives and children. This appalling and astonishing tale has captured the attention of readers around the world. Irene's inspirational story reveals how far religion can be stretched and abused and how one woman and her children found their way out, into truth and redemption. (2006)
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781599951584 (1599951584)
ASIN: 1599951584
Publish date: 2008-09-02
Publisher: Center Street
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Book Club,
Religion,
Biography Memoir,
Lds,
Womens,
Mormonism,
Cults
Ok Spoiler Alert. This is a book about a woman in a polygamist marriage. I bought it because it was on the $3 shelf at Books-A-Million and I was wanting some trash.Throughout the book, as she describes her terrible life, you're waiting for her to leave the situation.The guy she's married to moves he...