Shattered Dreams; My Life as a Polygamist's Wife

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Chapter One : Part 1
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

Chapter One : Part 2
DAD WAS A FIREMAN whose family, understandably, grew much faster than his paycheck - an almost universal problem among polygamists. On Dad's salary, there was no way he could afford separate households for each of his wives. This also was common.

Chapter One : Part 3
As they approached the construction area, Mother saw a man with a wheelbarrow coming in their direction. She received a premonition and exclaimed to the kids, 'I know that whatever that man is dumping on the ground is the answer to our prayers!'

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.

Irene Spencer came from four generations of polygamy. As the second of ten wives, she was the mother of 14 of her husband's 58 children. Her captivating story provides an intimate look at the daily struggles Irene faced as a plural wife.

During her twenty-eight years in a polygamous marriage, Irene gave birth to thirteen children (all single births).

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