Seventeen Sisters Tell Their Story eBook Barbara Barlow Virginia Webb
Download As PDF : Seventeen Sisters Tell Their Story eBook Barbara Barlow Virginia Webb 
We've watched interesting plural marriages in TV documentaries, read about them in books, and even seen them featured in an HBO series. We've heard daunting stories about young women forced into marrying older men and the admirable journey to escape their way out of the polygamous life they were taught they belonged. We've seen a large family grow on a TLC show, documenting the Mormon religion and discipline from a positive perspective.
Today, the Mormon and polygamous culture has shown itself into the limelight more than ever before. This series of seventeen stories focuses on the Barlow family, a family that epitomized the Mormon, polygamous lifestyle. It was led by Albert Barlow, a father of thirty-four children and a husband to three women for over fifty years. The seventeen living daughters of Albert's family here to tell their story. They have seen it all, they have experienced it all.
Here we can observe how one lifestyle can branch out to seventeen different perspectives, seventeen different dreams, and seventeen different outcomes.
Seventeen Sisters Tell Their Story eBook Barbara Barlow Virginia Webb
I found this book to be extremely sad. It seems to me that many of these women are merely seeking affirmation of a lifestyle that results in much pain and emptiness. While describing various beatings, sexually inappropriate acts, and general mistreatment by their father, they insist that they adored him and looked up to him. I find this disturbing. I think there is a longing here for the attention and love that all children deserve from both mother and father. Any small hint at this is remembered with a fondness that is almost pathetic. At the same time, I sense an effort by the women who continued in this lifestyle as adults to convince not only the reader, but perhaps themselves, that this is a fulfilling, joyous way to live. Personally, I don't buy it, and I do not understand any of the reasons why this lifestyle persists. While I respect any and all religious convictions, I simply do not believe that a loving God would want his people to live in what amounts to a chosen state of poverty, pain, and impossible responsibilities. I wish all of these women well, but I sincerely hope that future generations will think for themselves and make wise decisions as to how they will live their own lives and follow a God that really does care about them but expects them to live responsibly.Product details
|
Tags : Seventeen Sisters: Tell Their Story - Kindle edition by Barbara Barlow, Virginia Webb. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Seventeen Sisters: Tell Their Story.,ebook,Barbara Barlow, Virginia Webb,Seventeen Sisters: Tell Their Story,Scrivener Books,BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Religious,BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Women
People also read other books :
- Paper Promises Money, Debt and the New World Order eBook Philip Coggan
- Daughters of Leda Lee Pennington, Jill Baker 9780981844282 Books
- The Legend of Roswell Steve Hubbard 9781439259467 Books
- Bargaining with the Devil When to Negotiate, When to Fight Robert Mnookin 9781416583332 Books
- Purl Up and Die (A Knitting Mystery) (9781410482617) Maggie Sefton Books
Seventeen Sisters Tell Their Story eBook Barbara Barlow Virginia Webb Reviews
Any book on such an emotionally loaded, controversial topic is worth checking out. I wasn't disappointed. Each is plainly told with unvarnished simplicity, with convincing authenticity.
This is an interesting book that I enjoyed reading. Enough background was given about the father and three mothers in the family to understand the family these ladies were born into. I liked that each sister told her own story. It seems very honest and I enjoyed it.
Each sister ends her chapter claiming to have found happiness and peace, but I'm not convinced. A common theme throughout this book is of the authors making important decisions and basing their beliefs on subjective spiritual experiences. This is common in all sects of Mormonism. The Bible teaches us to "test every spirit". And that " Satan can appear as an angel of light."
Since there are several authors to this book, there are parts which don't necessarily "flow," or are repetitious. However, it is very worth the read. This is an authentic personal account from several daughters of a very unique family. I feel this type of tale is valuable, for insight into the humanity of people who live in a manner that is foreign, or even distasteful, to many.
This is an incredible story! 17 sisters telling there stories. None of these sisters knew what the others were writing, yet so many were similar. So much abuse, physical and sexual. How can people say they are living the Life of the Principal, when these wife's struggle to feed and clothe their children. A very emotional retelling, which I'm sure took so much courage not only putting it in writing but putting it out there for everyone to read and know their very private secrets .
This book was unusual and told the story of growing up from seventeen sister's perspectives. Some of the stories were well written and interesting. Some were very poorly written and really needed to be edited (especially the last few). I found myself having to reread sections and trying to guess what it was the obvious errors were trying to state.
An invitation to step into the world of mid-20th century Utah polygamy. Better than some of the more sensational books on polygamy recently published, those that are centered in Colorado City and Hildale and relate stories of escape. Some of the sisters do escape, but it is more on their own terms. Notable is the fact that the family (families) mostly live in Salt Lake Valley and are not tightly affiliated with polygamous organizations. Some great human interest stories. You see the good and bad of polygamy, but on balance, IMO, there is more bad. Kids, particularly younger kids, get lost in the shuffle; mothers are overworked and exhausted; the father is often on his own trajectory, largely unmindful of his parental responsibility, except to occasionally praise, punish (often abusively), or direct a family activity, albeit in an over-controlling way. A throwback to a different sensibility of things, to put it charitably. One last thought human beings are remarkably resilient. I marveled again and again at the ability of the sisters to reinvent themselves or their circumstances--to divorce, move on , remarry, and so on. Of course, they're controlling the narrative, but there are indications that they are striving for candor and transparency. A good buy for $2.99 (ebook).
I found this book to be extremely sad. It seems to me that many of these women are merely seeking affirmation of a lifestyle that results in much pain and emptiness. While describing various beatings, sexually inappropriate acts, and general mistreatment by their father, they insist that they adored him and looked up to him. I find this disturbing. I think there is a longing here for the attention and love that all children deserve from both mother and father. Any small hint at this is remembered with a fondness that is almost pathetic. At the same time, I sense an effort by the women who continued in this lifestyle as adults to convince not only the reader, but perhaps themselves, that this is a fulfilling, joyous way to live. Personally, I don't buy it, and I do not understand any of the reasons why this lifestyle persists. While I respect any and all religious convictions, I simply do not believe that a loving God would want his people to live in what amounts to a chosen state of poverty, pain, and impossible responsibilities. I wish all of these women well, but I sincerely hope that future generations will think for themselves and make wise decisions as to how they will live their own lives and follow a God that really does care about them but expects them to live responsibly.
0 Response to "[GCU]⇒ Download Free Seventeen Sisters Tell Their Story eBook Barbara Barlow Virginia Webb"
Post a Comment