Ruth Wariner
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With spare, unaffected prose, Ruth Wariner plunges readers headlong into her harrowing childhood in a polygamous, Mormon sect. Failed over and over again by nearly every adult in her life, Wariner never lost the ability to love, nor did her fierce loyalty for her siblings ever waiver. At the age of 15 she also found courage to fight back against the abuse, poverty, and deprivation that marked her childhood to forge a new life for herself and... (read more)
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