a storm by an ex-church member. the father, Rulon, was resurrected She eventually leaves the into the body of his son. These denomination and successfully claims are not dismissed out of brings rape charges against her hand. In this context, the author’s former husband. spiritual struggle, I face “Will Throughout the book, the eternal damnation if I disobey the author refers to her church prophet?” is to be expected. community as people”. Though this book is an “the Indeed, this community is shown indictment of child marriage, it is to have some definite strength. not an indictment of polygamy For instance, they come together per se. For the author, polygamy to help each other when houses is merely part of the background, burn down. Community life is a condition of life that can be shown to have its joys, at least handled with the right skills. Her until the Jeff’s family leads it into view of plural marriage is much a nightmare world. like the Federationists view of This nightmare, against blindness. The disintegration of which the story of her life plays her family is depicted as due to out, features Warren Jeff’s’, her father’s lack of the peculiar church leader and prophet, whom skills needed to function in a makes many predictions of the plural marriage. He was not born end of the world. He also makes into the sect. If this focus makes repeated purges from the sect of the book less useful in decrying those individuals who disagree plural marriage, it gives the book with him. One prediction of the a more universal relevance end coincides with the 2002 allowing it to speak to the plight Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake of teenage girls in a variety of City. 9/11 is not sufficiently oppressive situations. relevant to be considered worthy This book deals frankly with of a prediction of doom. marital rape and psychological There are also extraordinary abuse and it, at times, is an claims by the Jeff’s including that excruciating read. It is not for the
a storm by an ex-church member. She eventually leaves the denomination and successfully brings rape charges against her former husband. Throughout the book, the author refers to her church community as “the people”. Indeed, this community is shown to have some definite strength. For instance, they come together to help each other when houses burn down. Community life is shown to have its joys, at least until the Jeff’s family leads it into a nightmare world. This nightmare, against which the story of her life plays out, features Warren Jeff’s’, church leader and prophet, whom makes many predictions of the end of the world. He also makes repeated purges from the sect of those individuals who disagree with him. One prediction of the end coincides with the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City. 9/11 is not sufficiently relevant to be considered worthy of a prediction of doom. There are also extraordinary claims by the Jeff’s including that the father, Rulon, was resurrected into the body of his son. These claims are not dismissed out of hand. In this context, the author’s spiritual struggle, “Will I face eternal damnation if I disobey the prophet?” is to be expected. Though this book is an indictment of child marriage, it is not an indictment of polygamy per se. For the author, polygamy is merely part of the background, a condition of life that can be handled with the right skills. Her view of plural marriage is much like the Federationists view of blindness. The disintegration of her family is depicted as due to her father’s lack of the peculiar skills needed to function in a plural marriage. He was not born into the sect. If this focus makes the book less useful in decrying plural marriage, it gives the book a more universal relevance allowing it to speak to the plight of teenage girls in a variety of oppressive situations. This book deals frankly with marital rape and psychological abuse and it, at times, is an excruciating read. It is not for the
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