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Throughout her childhood as a fundamentalist Mormon, Irene Spencer grew up believing that her path to heaven was through a polygamous marriage. Little did she know that it would mean a detour through hell.Forsaking her real love, she become the second wife of her sister's husband at the age of 16. She would eventually be one of nine wives who between them had 56 children - thirteen of them her own.Enduring abject poverty, living in isolation and suffering the neglect of a husband with divided loyalties tested every fibre of her being. The details of her harrowing experience will appal, astonish and, in the end, greatly inspire as Irene and her children eventually find their way to freedom.ISBN:9780340963616