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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 20, 2011
LOVE TIMES THREE: OUR TRUE STORY OF A POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGE
by Joe Darger, Alina Darger, Vicki Darger, Valerie Darger, Brooke Adams
"Eye-opening and courageous."
Independent Fundamentalist Mormon husband Darger and his three "sister wives" offer a candid, often engaging account of how and why they chose to enter into an outlawed form of marriage. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2011
Kirkus Star ANSWER THEM NOTHING: BRINGING DOWN THE POLYGAMOUS EMPIRE OF WARREN JEFFS
by Debra Weyermann
"A masterful exploration of one of America's most shameful secrets."
Award-winning journalist Weyermann (The Gang They Couldn't Catch: The Story of America's Greatest Modern-Day Bank Robbers—And How They Got Away With It, 1993) throws open the curtains on the deplorable actions of Warren Jeffs and his polygamous sect. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: May 3, 2010
Kirkus Star THE LONELY POLYGAMIST
by Brady Udall
"Fans of the HBO series Big Love will be pleased to see an alternate take on the multi-household problem, and lovers of good writing will find this a pleasure, period."
Unhappy families are different, quoth Leo Tolstoy--even when they're headed by the same patriarch, the situation from which Udall's (The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, 2001, etc.) latest unfolds. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 15, 2009
THE NEW YORK REGIONAL MORMON SINGLES HALLOWEEN DANCE: A MEMOIR
by Elna Baker
"A sexy, lubricious outing by a formerly zaftig comic."
Debut memoir from a 20-something Mormon stand-up comedian. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2007
ESCAPE
by Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer
"Though Jessop's circumstances were unusual--and particularly harrowing--her memoir will appeal to many women who have left abusive relationships."
Born into the Fundamentalist Church of the Latter Day Saints (FLDS), the author describes her life before, during and after her marriage at 18 to a 50-year-old man with three other wives. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 22, 2007
SHATTERED DREAMS: MY LIFE AS A POLYGAMIST’S WIFE
by Irene Spencer
"Gives the lie to the suburban cheer of HBO's Big Love."
An engrossing, though flawed memoir about poverty, procreation and polygamy south of the border. Read full book review >