Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife - Hardcover

Spencer, Irene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1599957191 ISBN 13: 9781599957197

Publisher: Center Street, 2007

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Irene Spencer lives in
Anchorage, Alaska.

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: Center Street
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1599957191
• ISBN 13: 9781599957197
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400