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| 100% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Kassidy Lane Publishing LLC Catalog: Book Release date: 2006-06-15 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 445 Ean: 9780977973002 Book Isbn: 097797300X  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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| His Favorite Wife is the heart-stopping, inspirational narrative of a courageous fifteen year-old girl who becomes the sixth wife in a polygamous marriage. Cascading with well-developed characters, this true story will capture your soul and imagination as the author reveals how a group of kind-hearted, sincere people are led to embrace this controversial lifestyle in their pursuit of the highest degree of glory. Laced with surprising brush-strokes of humor, this heart-rending saga will take its readers on a journey that outsiders whisper of and shudder about. It answers the question that a polygamist's wife is asked countless times: How can you tolerate sharing your husband? In North America today there are over thirty thousand polygamists. Many of them lead secret lives in their attempt to hide from society and U.S. laws. Their women are taught that obedience, unquestioning acceptance of polygamy, and giving birth to huge families of children to follow in their parent's footsteps, will assure them a celestial crown. Few search out truth for themselves, but trustingly follow their prophet. Susan's book deals with this head-in-the-sand ignorance. She too, was one of these women. |
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 Written on May 26, 2008 Summary: Interesting and honest I bought this book after hearing so much in the recent news about polygamy. This is the second book of this nature I've purchased and thus far is the best. The story itself is unusual, and gives an outsider the chance to see what day to day life in polygamy is like. The writer doesn't smooth over her own faults and blame everyone else for her lot in life. She also gives an honest look at the good qualities of some of the people in their religious conference, including her former sister wives and even gives an honest detail of her ex-husband and his good qualities. All in all I was very impressed with her honesty and how she made her decision to leave the sect, while generally not blaming or judging the others who still remain in the sect. I was however slightly disappointed with how she treated her husband after she made the decision to leave. The book itself was fairly easy to read, and keeps the interest of the reader simply to see how it all worked out in the end. However, it did get old sometimes reading about all the jealousies in their lives day to day. It was also chilling in respect to the murders in their communities, and because of this, I probably won't read the book a second time. Written on May 23, 2008 Summary: Rates more than 5 stars!!!!! Fast read, I could not put it down. Susan Ray Schmidt's book is a beautifully written tale of courage, compassion, heartache, and bravery. Her story is vividly told in such a way, that I was emotionally drawn in, experiencing the trap this young women walked into. Falling in love with Verlan, her polygamous husband, she begins a journey into poverty, jealousy, loneliness, and her eventual search for truth. I applauded her bravery to care more about her children and their future, than stay in the only way of life she knew. Her story of leaving her husband and family was heartbreaking, but her eventual success, for herself and her children, is inspiring. This beautifully written story about a strong, caring women is a must read!!!! Written on May 23, 2008 Summary: From a Child bride I felt like I was right there, seeing things through the eyes of a young impressionable girl as her life in a polygamist world unfolds. Beautifully and sensitively written. Left me wanting more.  Written on May 19, 2008 Summary: Fascinating Story, Bad Writing The story here is pretty amazing, the author though should have gotten real help with a co-author or ghost writer even. It's written on a 7th grade level at best and some of the early chapters are written for a 5th grade level. The hardships placed on these women in general by their religion are outrageous in the eyes of the rest of the world and why on Earth states like Utah, Idaho and Arizona haven't cracked down on these cults is beyond my comprehension. Freedom of religion is one thing, being born into slavery and neglect under the guise of religion is what really goes on inside these groups. Written on May 7, 2008 Summary: Riveting! I bought this and another book about polygamy (Escape by Carolyn Jessop), because of the current situation in El Dorado, Texas, and I hoped to gain some insight from those who have been on the inside. I couldn't put this book down as I found Susan's story riveting, amazing, unbelievable, interesting, tragic, inspiring, thought provoking, soul searching, and more. It is a very moving story. I think having some hint of an idea of what goes on "inside" some of these groups helps those of us on the "outside" to be better equipped to understand some of the actions being taken, and pause to give real thought to what is the "right" or "best" thing to do. There are no easy answers or solutions, for sure. Nobody wants to see children taken away from loving mothers, but at the same time, we want to protect woman and children who may not be in the position to protect themselves, particularly when it comes to physical and sexual abuse of children. There are certainly many complex issues in all of this, but I think it is at least time to keep the spot light on until there are thorough investigations. In any case, I'm so happy that Susan wrote this book. Her story is incredible, and I highly recommend it to anybody who is interested at all in learning more about polygamy. While I thought Jessop's book, Escape, was also very interesting, and more closely related to the group in Texas in time and space~ I definitely found His Favorite Wife to be a much more interesting story and the style more readable for me, too. I have a feeling I'll be reading a few more books on this subject... after learning Irene has written Shattered Dreams. It goes beyond morbid curiousity, because there are so many real life and spiritual issues that come to light in these books that apply to some degree to all of us. I'm not in any book clubs, but I would absolutely recommend this book to those of you who are. It would provide a foundation for many interesting discussions~ And I want to know how they ever got all of Verlan's daughters together for a cruise! |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2006-06-15 | 2007-10-16 | 2008-09-02 | 2008-05-13 | 2004-06-01 | 2004-10-11 |
| Media | Paperback | Hardcover | Paperback | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 445 | 432 | 432 | 448 | 240 | 399 |
| Ean | 9780977973002 | 9780767927567 | 9781599951584 | 9780739496343 | 9781930074132 | 9780393325775 |
| Book Isbn | 097797300X | 0767927567 | 1599951584 | 0061628018 | 1930074131 | 0393325776 |
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