I think I promised I was done with polygamy books, but – it was a lie. I couldn’t resist picking this one up at the library. The premise is that it’s an intertwined story of the real life Ann Eliza – divorced wife of Brigham Young that caused quite a stir and may have contributed [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘polygamy’
June 20, 2008
Escape – Carolyn Jessop
Wow. This book was everything I had previously wanted but couldn’t find. I ordered it from the library when I was on my polygamy kick, but it just came in. Jessop has been in the news lately as the first polygamist woman to win full custody of her kids, and really – the whole thing [...]
May 14, 2008
Shattered dreams: My life as a polygamist’s wife – Irene Spencer.
May 13, 2008
Memoir about polygamy. I am kind of on a polygamy kick lately. The basic gist? Raised in polygamy, flirts with becoming monogamous, ends up capitulating. She had 13 kids (all single births) from the time she was 17 – 35.
The book was a good one to read – although I keep wishing they [...]
