14%OFF
![Dorothy Allred Solomon - In My Fathers House: A Memoir of Polygamy (Voice in the American West) - 9780896726468 - V9780896726468 Dorothy Allred Solomon - In My Fathers House: A Memoir of Polygamy (Voice in the American West) - 9780896726468 - V9780896726468](/images/unavailable-full.jpg)
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
In My Fathers House: A Memoir of Polygamy (Voice in the American West)
Dorothy Allred Solomon
€ 31.99
€ 27.43
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for In My Fathers House: A Memoir of Polygamy (Voice in the American West)
Paperback. Confronting the paradox of a faith that seals loved ones as families for eternity but casts them as outlaws in the here and now, this title traces the events that culminated in the author's father's 1977 assassination, a tragedy that rocked all Utah. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13. BIC Classification: BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
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 fathers too-rare presence, and an abiding hunger for autonomy. Confronting the paradox of a ... Read more
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 fathers too-rare presence, and an abiding hunger for autonomy. Confronting the paradox of a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
Series
Voice in the American West
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896726468
SKU
V9780896726468
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
Reviews for In My Fathers House: A Memoir of Polygamy (Voice in the American West)
[Review excerpts from first edition] ""This is not an apologist's defense of polygamy, nor is it an expose of sordid, secret practices. It is, rather, a straightforward look at things as they were, for a girl growing up in unusual circumstances
with seven ""mothers and some 47 brothers and sisters. More than that, it is the story of a ... Read more
with seven ""mothers and some 47 brothers and sisters. More than that, it is the story of a ... Read more