false 275893 6 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. 267546 22 8 2007 Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife total:951|5:159|4:369|3:308|2:102|1:13| 951 3412 1623 331 5 4 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 05:10:57 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 05:13:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 05:53:10 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 08:23:40 -0700 2008
1. Why in the world did Irene stay with Verlan so long? My conclusion is that either she's a complete push-over and enabler, or ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 30 14:01:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 14:02:16 -0700 2009 Too Many Wives . . . Too Many Kids
I can honestly say I’ve never read anything quite like the life story of Irene Spencer in her memoir Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife. Stories like this are seldom told. Either the subject doesn’t live to tell the tale, or more specificall...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 17:16:52 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 16:32:10 -0700 2008 Escape. Both memoirs are about the author's polygamous marriage with the "blessing" of FLDS, but they center on different aspects of it; whereas Escape spoke not only of the authors abusive marriage but also getting out of it ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 06:44:19 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 11:10:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 13:03:49 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 13:53:08 -0800 2007
Myself, I totally disagree with Mormonism, polygamy, and people who do things for religious pur...more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 07:51:24 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 11 11:19:40 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 09:28:50 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 09:33:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Sep 21 17:31:05 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 21:01:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sun Oct 19 09:38:31 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 08:12:25 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 09:38:31 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 13:44:34 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 13:45:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 16:56:29 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 17:00:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 07:29:59 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 12:41:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 08:46:11 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 10:35:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 08:33:17 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 08:34:02 -0800 2009
Irene goes on to describe how she and her siblings suffered through extreme poverty. As I was reading this book, set in th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 13 13:37:19 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 13:46:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 17:56:23 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 18:08:32 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 00:01:20 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 00:15:38 -0800 2009 1
Irene LeBaron is the second...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 10:42:21 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 06:08:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 16:02:47 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 15:04:35 -0800 2009
It’s simply written — few big words, ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=275893