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The sound of gravel : a memoir / Ruth Wariner.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250077691 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | The promised land -- Babylon -- Alone -- Breaking. |
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| Subject: | Wariner, Ruth. Mormons > Mexico > Biography. Mormons > United States > Biography. Polygamy > Religious aspects > Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 289.3092 Warin | 31681002813343 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist family. Ruth Wariner was the thirty-ninth of her father's forty-two children. Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turn a blind eye to the practices of her community, Ruth lives in a ramshackle house without indoor plumbing or electricity. At church, preachers teach that God will punish the wicked by destroying the world and that women can only ascend to Heaven by entering into polygamous marriages and giving birth to as many children as possible. After Ruth's father -- the founding prophet of the colony -- is brutally murdered by his brother in a bid for church power, her mother remarries, becoming the second wife of another faithful congregant. In need of government assistance and supplemental income, Ruth and her siblings are carted back and forth between Mexico and the United States, where Ruth's mother collects welfare and her stepfather works a variety of odd jobs. Ruth comes to love the time she spends in the States, realizing that perhaps the community into which she was born is not the right one for her. As she begins to doubt her family's beliefs and question her mother's choices, she struggles to balance her fierce love for her siblings with her determination to forge a better life for herself. Recounted from the innocent and hopeful perspective of a child, this is the memoir of one girl's fight for peace and love. - Baker & Taylor
An account of the author's coming-of-age in a polygamist Mormon Doomsday cult describes her childhood on a Mexico hills farm as one of her father's more than 40 welfare-dependent children, the extreme religious beliefs that haunted her daily life and her escape in the aftermath of a devastating tragedy. - Baker & Taylor
An account of the author's coming-of-age in a polygamist Mormon cult describes her childhood on a farm in rural Mexico as one of her father's more than forty welfare-dependent children and her escape in the aftermath of a devastating tragedy. - McMillan Palgrave
An instant New York Times bestseller
âA haunting, harrowing testament to survival." â People Magazine
âAn addictive chronicle of a polygamist community.â â New York Magazine
âUnforgettableâ â Entertainment Weekly
The thirty-ninth of her fatherâs forty-two children, Ruth Wariner grew up in polygamist family on a farm in rural Mexico. In The Sound of Gravel, she offers an unforgettable portrait of the violence that threatened her community, her familyâs fierce sense of loyalty, and her own unshakeable belief in the possibility of a better life. An intimate, gripping tale of triumph and courage, The Sound of Gravel is a heart-stopping true story. - McMillan Palgrave
The Sound of Gravel is the remarkable true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist Mormon Doomsday cult.
