I was continually struck by the abject poverty to which Anna and her siblings were subjected through no fault of their own. fear, chaos, and insecurity.” not helped by her mother’s extended absences and her being moved from one strange family to another. I was wanting her life to improve so she could live without being cloaked in “. Whilst the story was very depressing there was something within it that drove me to continue reading to find out what transpired. I then made a point of continuing, and found it hard to put down. When I first started reading this book I found it very depressing, so it delayed me in really getting started. Her story is one of hope and encouragement. memoirist, book launch expert, dynamic speaker and life coach, an avid reader, and mum to five grown children” but I see her as an enormously courageous and strong woman who endured atrocities that no-one should ever have to face. In The Polygamist’s Daughter Anna LeBaron details her life in a polygamist cult of the Mormon church. You wonder how a mother could allow these things to happen to her child, or leave her, in a foreign country no less, but then I had to think this woman was so brain washed, but it still made it hard to read all that went on.This is a quick page turning read, and once I started the author compelled me to keep reading, all the while I wanted to hug and comfort her, but loved the story right to the end.I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Tyndale, and was not required to give a positive review. A survivor for sure, but at what price, and what is told in this true story of the life of Anna LeBaron.I vaguely remember reading about some of the murders that were committed but this cult, and why, well you can’t leave, or the head honcho doesn’t like you or wants what you have.No wonder this girl ends up in therapy, and you have to wonder while reading if it can even help, all that she has been through and seen. A read that will make you realize how lucky you are and how your childhood compared to this poor little girl who really didn’t have one.
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