![]() ![]() His preferred sexual partner could expect at least some protection for her own children, so competition among the wives was fierce. The husband's favorite wives were free to beat, torment, starve, and humiliate the children of the less favored wives. Wives were forced to compete for the husband's favor, or watch their children suffer. ![]() I was stunned by Carolyn's retelling of her married life to a power-hungry bully with growing numbers of wives and dozens of children, a life ruled by constant fear of physical and emotional abuse of her children and herself. ![]() The world of the cult that Carolyn grew up in, the FLDS, is another ballgame entirely. Vicious competition for husband's favorI thought I knew a little bit about polygamous marriages from watching the tame and amiable reality show "Sister Wives" on the TLC channel. The story is Carolyn's memoir, moving through her childhood within the cult, where parents were encouraged to routinely beat their children, and her vivid descriptions of her arranged marriage at age 18 to a 50-year-old stranger. Married to a stranger 32 years olderBut the book is not about Jeffs, he's just part of the horrifying backdrop. ![]() Warren Jeffs and one of his 12-year-old brides ![]()
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