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Ruth was born into a family of polygamous Mormons. The family had taken refuge in Mexico in order to practice their polygamous beliefs. Her father, the leader of the group, was killed by a rival brother, and her mother remarried.
This book is the story of Ruth's young years, living in Mexico, moving to the US now and then, with her mother, step-father, and many siblings. It's a powerful story of poverty and suffering and loss. It gives me hope to have read Ruth's awful story and to see how she h ...more
This book is the story of Ruth's young years, living in Mexico, moving to the US now and then, with her mother, step-father, and many siblings. It's a powerful story of poverty and suffering and loss. It gives me hope to have read Ruth's awful story and to see how she h ...more
I read this gripping memoir in one day...it is like the polygamist version of The Glass Castle. Ruth and her nine siblings were raised mainly in a splinter Mormon sect in rural Mexico, in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing. Their mother Kathy, alternately loving and neglectful, is devoted to their loser of a stepfather/father,
who has several other wives and families of children that he can't afford to support. The fact that Ruth manages to triumph after such a disruptive, poverty-ridd ...more
who has several other wives and families of children that he can't afford to support. The fact that Ruth manages to triumph after such a disruptive, poverty-ridd ...more
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