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Search - Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife
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Book Description:
Irene Spencer did as she felt God commanded in marrying her brother-in-law, Verlan LeBaron, becoming his second wife. When the government raided the fundamentalist, polygamous Mormon village of Short Creek, Arizona, Irene and her family fled to Verlan's brothers' Mexican ranch.
They lived in squalor and desolate conditions in the Mexican desert with Verlan's six brothers, one sister, and numerous wives and children.
Readers will be appalled and astonished, but most amazingly, greatly inspired. Irene's dramatic 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.
They lived in squalor and desolate conditions in the Mexican desert with Verlan's six brothers, one sister, and numerous wives and children.
Readers will be appalled and astonished, but most amazingly, greatly inspired. Irene's dramatic 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.
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5 member(s) found this review helpful.
A good book with a voyeuristic quality to it, but that is what I was reading it for. Fascinating stories of the hardships, sacrifices, and emotional pain of polygamy...and also makes me thankful for the life I have. Would recommend to read to anyone.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I wanted to be so mad at Irene Spencer when I read this book but I just couldn’t, she had no other choice. Being raised in polygamy she knew that continuing to live within the Principal was the only way to raise to goddess status and being one of 7 wives was the only way to be pulled through the veil into heaven.
So begins this autobiography that goes deep into the thoughts and life of a woman who desperately wanted to please God and to do the best she could by marrying her brother in law at age 16 and becoming his second of many wives. Her deplorable living conditions in the US, Mexico and Nicaragua. Her lack of food, money, housing and decent medical care. The mental anguish of sharing a husband and the guilt of not being a good Mormon wife.
This dramatic story delves into her life and how far religion can be stretched and abused to control a persons mind and body.
Amazon Review: Quite an Eye Opener http://tinyurl.com/2a6y6wn
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a heartbreaking book. A close look into the life of a women living in a polygamist marriage. It details her struggles with her religion, her mind, her heart. A very interesting read.
Dawn K. from MODESTO, CA wrote on 11/2/2008...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This poor woman's story is so facinating you can't put this book down. She is a strong woman who has lived through amazing things. It's so interesting to see how someone lived in that lifestyle, especially during that time period, when it was so tabu.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
An honest story of sacrifice in the name of religious beliefs. A good story, but not a quick read.
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
An amazing book! I enjoyed every page of it. It was mind blowing what this woman endured. I highly recommend it!
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Great memoir written by a woman who lived a polygamist lifestyle even though it was not her choice and did not make her happy. She survived some deplorable conditions and I'm so glad I didn't grow up in a religion like that.
Amazing story. A great read for any woman