In My Father's House: A Memoir of Polygamy

by Dorothy Allred Solomon

Book Overview

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."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896726460
• ISBN13: 9780896726468
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"