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The lonely polygamist follows golden, his fourth wife trish, and his elevenyearold son rusty as they struggle with their loneliness and frustration in a family that is falling apart. It would be easy to think id have no reason to like this book, this giant polygamist mormon family. Here in the lonely polygamist, udall similarly gives an apt, if obvious, depiction of a life where fierce competition is societal mainstay, the ignorance of ingrained problems is routinely overlooked, and this way of life, so defiantly in contrast to the more workable way of doing things, inevitably leads to more than a little heartbreak and. May 16, 2010 sometimes, reading the lonely polygamist, one wishes the author had a little less respect, but then the book might be that much less charming. The lonely polygamist by brady udall, paperback barnes. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the full. Polygamist, like udalls other works, takes place in a.
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