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The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in a Polygamous Mormon Sect

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The LDS Mormon that reviewd this book obviously didn't read this book. The author clearly makes the distinction when the discussion is pertaining to LDS and to the FLDS. It is also discussed that neither one thinks the other is the true Mormon church.

But for the sake of argument, lets just say we all did as this Mormon suggests and we all went out and "checked out" the mainstream LDS church. What exactly would we find? A huge delegation of people that are NOT following the examples of their most famous and founding prophet, Joseph Smith (not that the FLDS does either because that means they would have to practice both polyandry and polygamy) as was supposedly dictated to J. Smith by God himself (or at least by an angel of God)? Special eyeglasses that translate ancient text into English? Seeing stones that when put into a hat and fit snugly around your face allow you to see the past and the future and whatever God wants to show you? Native Americans that are white as snow and come from Jerusalem? The Garden of Eden in Northwest Missouri? ..........really

Quite frankly I find the FLDS much more fun to read about. All the same crap but with polygamy included. Sad state of affairs but good reading.

Excellent book, great author, well researched and very enlightening!

Daphne Bramham has complied an incredible amount of facts about "the shame of British Columbia". I have used this book as a basis for all my reasearch on Bountiful and applaud the author for her amazing work. This book has inspired many and will be instrumental in the eventual downfall of Winston Blackmore.
Helga ZeinerSection 132

The author of this book presents a compelling, accurate and dispassionate review of the lives of the Mormon polygamous group in Bountiful British Columbia

Hello, I exetremly stress you talk to a member of the lds (mormon) church.We do not exercise polygamy some churches exercise polygamy and call themselves "Mormons" but they are not. In closing do not read this book inless you want false information.