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The 19th Wife – David Ebershoff

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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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