In My Father's House: A Memoir of Polygamy"Before Big Love, before Eldorado, a groundbreaking memoir explored polygamy, not with outrage but with honesty and grace. In 1984, when polygamous groups knew little but the fear and pain of secrecy and hiding, Dorothy Allred Solomon, the twenty-eighth of forty-eight children, went public with her family's story." "Descended from five generations of Mormon polygamy, Solomon evokes the fervor and dedication that bound the Allreds to "living the Principle." She vividly renders the persecution and poverty she knew as a child, the joyous awe of a father's too-rare presence, and an abiding hunger for autonomy. Confronting the paradox of a faith that seals loved ones as families for eternity but casts them as outlaws in the here and now, she traces the events that culminated in her father's 1977 assassination, a tragedy that rocked all Utah." "Now, more than a quarter century later, Solomon revisits her story in a new preface and epilogue and in light of recent events that continue to rivet attention and spotlight our national struggle for understanding and fairness."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 26
... head of the table , and my father at the other end , kept a ripple of laughter running up and down the line of women . But the two men across from me sat grim and cold as two folding chairs . I hadn't seen them for a long time and asked ...
... head of the table , and my father at the other end , kept a ripple of laughter running up and down the line of women . But the two men across from me sat grim and cold as two folding chairs . I hadn't seen them for a long time and asked ...
Page 139
... head . “ What a risk you're taking ! ” He gathered up the cards and shuffled again . " She's worth it , Daddy . Do we have your blessing ? " My father shook his head again . “ It's like trading a million dollars in silver certificates ...
... head . “ What a risk you're taking ! ” He gathered up the cards and shuffled again . " She's worth it , Daddy . Do we have your blessing ? " My father shook his head again . “ It's like trading a million dollars in silver certificates ...
Page 169
... head of the room . Another , stronger overhead light shone on the battered dark - wood lectern set on a long table ... head - high . Automatically I bowed my head for the prayer . The words , repeated every Sunday for most of my life ...
... head of the room . Another , stronger overhead light shone on the battered dark - wood lectern set on a long table ... head - high . Automatically I bowed my head for the prayer . The words , repeated every Sunday for most of my life ...
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