This was an excellent memoir about growing up in a polygamist family. Most people don't know a lot about polygamy except what they hear on the news in rare occasions or the current reality shows about certain families. I, for one, know there are multiple points of view …more about everything and because someone is in a polygamist family doesn't mean their life is the same as others in the same religion. This book was quite the eye opener for me with the little bit I've learned over the years and quite the opposite of "the famous Brown family" where they don't seem to want for anything except acceptance. To grow up in this religious lifestyle dirt poor is bad enough for the children in this family but to also deal with a predator on top of that made this a gut wrenching read that was hard to put down. I don't rate a lot of books with 5 stars but this memoir is well deserving of it and highly recommended by me. (less)