Shattered Dreams: My Life As a Polygamist's Wife (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series) - Hardcover

Spencer, Irene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410404056 ISBN 13: 9781410404053

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Irene Spencer did as she felt God commanded in marrying her brother-in-law Verlan LeBaron, becoming his second wife at age 16. 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 four brothers, one mentally ill sister, and numerous wives and children--Irene herself bore thirteen. The dramatic story of her life, and her escape to an outside world for which she was little prepared, reveals how far religion can be stretched and abused and how one woman and her children found their way to truth and redemption.--From publisher description.

About this title

About the Author:

Irene Spencer came from four generations of polygamy and was the second of ten wives. She is currently an inspirational speaker, serving as a keynote speaker for "rescue missions," church congregations, women's centers, and other groups and events throughout the country as invited.

From AudioFile:

Laural Merlington narrates this unforgettable, if frustrating, book with such intelligence and sympathy that her patience helps support the listener's. Irene Spencer spent 28 years in a polygamous marriage to a man who, from day one, was so insensitive, dishonest, and full of himself that the listener's question is why would anyone sane put up with him, let alone with the shocking poverty and danger he provided, when she had other choices? Spencer tells what happened--the thirteen children, the eight sister-wives, the insane brother-in-law's murder spree, and her endless disappointments and angers--and it's an astonishing human document. But she cannot in the end explain why she stayed, only that she did. Spencer offers the word "brainwashing." Accurate, without doubt, but it leaves one questioning. B.G. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1410404056
• ISBN 13: 9781410404053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 679