Favorite Wife: Escape from Polygamy
of Susan Ray Schmidt
Description
She had no choice in the matter-none of the girls did. Her mission was to give birth to and raise many children in devoted service to a shared husband. Susan was fifteen years old when she became the sixth wife of Verlan LeBaron- one of the leaders of a rogue Mormon cult engaged in a blood feud with his brother that, from 1972 to 1988, claimed up to two dozen lives and led one prosecutor to call their descendants a Lord of the Flies generation. In this gripping and eloquent book, Susan Ray Schmidt tells the story of growing up on the inside and of her ultimate escape. Delving more deeply into this mysterious underworld than any previous work, Favorite Wife is a powerful account of the affairs of the heart, coming of age under exceptional circumstances, and the tough choices that are sometimes painfully necessary to preserve human dignity.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 416 pages
- Publisher Lyons Press
- Publication Date March 3rd 2009
- First Publication 03/01/09
- Language English
- ISBN 9781599214948
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
- Scenario ['United States of America']
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