Sherry G. (Shervivor) - , reviewed on 8/4/2009 + 97 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

This is an interesting look into the lives of early mormon sister-wives. The author allows you to view what life was like in the rugged west during the mid 19th century. it is well written, giving beautiful descriptions of the barren west. Freeman does a wonderful job of bringing to life three of John D. Lee's numerous wives. If you are like me and know nothing about this man and the Mountain Meadows Massacre this book explains a lot about that event and also about Bringham Young. The three wives are Emma; an English woman that converted and was much younger than Lee but fell in love with him. Ann, a girl he married when she was just 13 that had a wild spirit for adventure. And Rachel, the sister of his very first wife and who became a sister-wife to her own mother when Lee married that woman to 'save her soul'. I enjoyed this book and was fascinated by the inside look at a polygamous family.

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