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Torn by God: A Family's Struggle with Polygamy
Based on true events, Torn by God is a riveting family drama that takes place in 1959 in a small Mormon town in Utah. It chronicles the devastation brought upon the Sterling family when the father has a vision which leads him to become involved with a local polygamist group run by a self-serving fundamentalist named Brother Reuben. Under the influence of this group, the father comes to believe that the Mormon Church never should have rescinded polygamy. He knows that the practice is against the law and grounds for excommunication, but he feels it is something God demands of him. Twelve-year-old Beth watches helplessly as her father becomes increasingly involved with the polygamists and her mother sinks into depression and illness. Even Beth is not safe from Brother Reuben with his piercing eyes and suggestive sexual remarks. When her father leaves home to build a church for the polygamists, the family is cast off by the Mormon community. It is up to Beth to take care of her sick mother and her little brother, Mikey. This story delves deep into the controversial association between mainstream Mormons and fundamentalist off-shoot groups such as those led by Warren Jeffs.
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Torn by God: A Family's Struggle with Polygamy
Based on true events, Torn by God is a riveting family drama that takes place in 1959 in a small Mormon town in Utah. It chronicles the devastation brought upon the Sterling family when the father has a vision which leads him to become involved with a local polygamist group run by a self-serving fundamentalist named Brother Reuben. Under the influence of this group, the father comes to believe that the Mormon Church never should have rescinded polygamy. He knows that the practice is against the law and grounds for excommunication, but he feels it is something God demands of him. Twelve-year-old Beth watches helplessly as her father becomes increasingly involved with the polygamists and her mother sinks into depression and illness. Even Beth is not safe from Brother Reuben with his piercing eyes and suggestive sexual remarks. When her father leaves home to build a church for the polygamists, the family is cast off by the Mormon community. It is up to Beth to take care of her sick mother and her little brother, Mikey. This story delves deep into the controversial association between mainstream Mormons and fundamentalist off-shoot groups such as those led by Warren Jeffs.
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Torn by God: A Family's Struggle with Polygamy

Torn by God: A Family's Struggle with Polygamy

by Zoe Murdock
Torn by God: A Family's Struggle with Polygamy
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Torn by God: A Family's Struggle with Polygamy

by Zoe Murdock

Overview

Based on true events, Torn by God is a riveting family drama that takes place in 1959 in a small Mormon town in Utah. It chronicles the devastation brought upon the Sterling family when the father has a vision which leads him to become involved with a local polygamist group run by a self-serving fundamentalist named Brother Reuben. Under the influence of this group, the father comes to believe that the Mormon Church never should have rescinded polygamy. He knows that the practice is against the law and grounds for excommunication, but he feels it is something God demands of him. Twelve-year-old Beth watches helplessly as her father becomes increasingly involved with the polygamists and her mother sinks into depression and illness. Even Beth is not safe from Brother Reuben with his piercing eyes and suggestive sexual remarks. When her father leaves home to build a church for the polygamists, the family is cast off by the Mormon community. It is up to Beth to take care of her sick mother and her little brother, Mikey. This story delves deep into the controversial association between mainstream Mormons and fundamentalist off-shoot groups such as those led by Warren Jeffs.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780923178062
Publisher: Hot Press Books
Publication date: 01/06/2009
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Zoe Murdock is an author and a teacher of fiction in Southern California. She is co-editor of the FictionWeek Literary Review, an on-line journal for innovative poetry and fiction.

As a child, Zoe lived just down the road from Warren Jeffs (the infamous leader of the FLDS who is now serving a life sentence for the sexual assault of two minors.

Find out more about Zoe Murdock at:

www.facebook.com/zoemurdockauthor?ref=hl www.facebook.com/zoe.murdock twitter.com/zoemurdock

You can read Zoe Murdock's Ms. Magazine article on FLDS leader, Warren Jeffs, trial and her thoughts about life in that little town of Granite, Utah where they both grew up. Click on the link below.

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2011/08/08/warren-jeffs-conviction-exposes-the-coercion-of-polygamy/
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