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About the Author
The Brown family members—husband Kody, wives Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn, and their eighteen children—are open polygamists and the stars of the popular TLC reality program Sister Wives.
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Product details
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Gallery Books; Reprint edition (April 16, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1451661304
ISBN-13: 978-1451661309
Product Dimensions:
6.1 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.0 out of 5 stars
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I watch the show Sister Wives on TLC but don't consider myself a starry eyed fan. I watch the show because I enjoy learning about other lifestyles and cultures. I don't have any issues with the family living however they want, I am a big fan of freedom of choice in how you live your life. Although I watch the show, I wanted to know more about why this family has chosen this life. The book doesn't really answer this fully. I understand there is a celestial principle that they believe in and also understand that taking plural wives is part of adhering to this principle. Although it doesn't really say this, the general impression I get is that they feel that in order to enter the highest kingdom of heaven, the celestial kingdom, they are required to live 'the principle' which requires plural marriage. This is how I understand it, but I could be wrong.All that being said, that explanation above is about the only reason I can see these women agreeing to live in this lifestyle. Each woman's section and story is actually very sad. I was refreshingly surprised that each wive in their sections appeared to be writing very honestly about their struggles with plural marriage. I find both Janelle's and Christine's stories to be particularly heartbreaking. Both Janelle and Christine had such difficulty with being accepted and approved by Meri that they both in different ways ended up moving out of a shared house to separate houses, Christine to a cottage on the property and Janelle at one point, actually moved with the kids to a house near her mother. It seems that for both Christine and Janelle, they could never do anything right in Meri's eyes so there was a lot of friction. It was heartbreaking to read Janelle's description of sitting in a chair by herself while Meri and Kody held hands when they watched movies at home.It seems that they didn't all live together in the true plural marriage sense until the Lehi house. Even then it sounded like Meri liked to keep her distance (and made kind of catty remarks about how she and her daughter liked to be healthy and quiet vs. the other wives, which seemed like unnecessary jabs), it seemed the Janelle and Chrsitine had a better bond in the Lehi house. Then Robyn enters the picture. Although Meri portrays on the show that she finally found the sister wive she had always wanted, the book tells a different story. Once it was decided to have Robyn join the family, both Meri and Christine fell into deep depressions.Robyn's chapters are the most confusing to me. Confusing in that she is either very empathetic and caring and trying to keep peace in the plural family relationship or she is very manipulative and cunning. It's hard to know. She seems to say all the right things but it is her story that makes me wonder if she is being as honest as the others. Since her story is relatively new to the group, I guess time will tell with that.Now that they all live in Las Vegas, it seems that they are further than every from living the true 'principle". They all live separately and seem to all be responsible for all their own bills. I guess for now the TLC paychecks keep everyone afloat. They don't seem to enjoy each other as 'friends' at all, they appear to rarely get together with the wives unless required by their Sunday church service and brunch and the mention of Friday night get togethers. The wives even mention in various ways that they don't know if they would even be friends with their sister wives if they weren't part of the family. Honestly it seems like 4 single mothers who all have the same husband. I don't see much in the way of a true big family relationship at all.So my review comes down to this: I found each of the stories to be interesting and mostly honest. I feel that these women must feel that they have to life this lifestyle in order for future rewards in heaven (or the after life, or whatever terminology you would use) because otherwise I have no idea why they would stay in a situation where they are for the most part miserable and insecure. All the assurances that this lifestyle helps refine them doesn't feel honest to me, I think they are just trying to make the best of a bad situation. And none of the wives really hold Kody responsible for any of their unhappiness...they all love and accept him just as he is. Interestingly, his story is not all that prominent in the book and the general impression I get is that they all live their own separate lives and Kody is around on his days and on Sundays.I will definitely watch the show now with a different understanding. I was surprised and pleased by the honesty of especially Christine and Janelle and find myself hoping they find a way out of this situation and a way towards happiness.If you watch the show, I think you will be intrigued by their individual stories. This book will not at all encourage people to embrace the plural marriage lifestyle but does give some good insight as to what really goes on in these families.
I thought this book was going to be really good and interesting! I was a huge fan of the show, and thought that this book would give some really good background info. I was hoping that it would shine light on the problems that Mary and Janelle have, but it just gave the same story that they say on the show.. Basically 3 is a crowd. In this book each one of the sister wives and Kody give a very short background of themselves before they met Kody, and then when and how they met him. It's just like the show. I did enjoy reading Janelle's story. She wrote about things that I had no idea about after watching the show for 4 years. It almost seemed like she put a lot of time into writing her story. While reading the other women's stories it just read like they hired some professional to write up a few key moments in their life surrounding Kody. Now that only leaves one person left and of course we all know that's Kodys part of the story. Kody took it to another level almost writing a memoir about himself. I do have to say that he did seem to have put a lot into writing his part. Kody also wrote about meeting each wife, and then courting for a very very short time, and then getting married. I was disappointed in him a few times with some of his disrespectful comments he made about a couple of his wives. Especially with Christine! Kody was down right mean to have written some of the things he wrong about her! I'm giving this book 2 stars because I really enjoyed reading what Janelle wrote, and what she contributed to the book. I wouldn't recommend this book as a good read! It's basically the Sisterwives show typed up and put on paper. Everything and everyone (except Janelle) kept everything on the surface! It really should be called "All about Kody."
I am a big fan of the Sister Wives TLC show because I'm very intellectually curious, and open to hearing the reasons behind people's choices to live an alternative lifestyle. I also appreciate their commitment to family, and am intrigued by the benefits a communal lifestyle seems to offer the children of a plural family. Like some other reviewers, my greatest question has been "why". I don't know anyone in the Mormon faith or related sects, so the ideas that permeate this family's lifestyle are very foreign to me. I wanted to hear the deep and compelling reasons "why" this was a spiritual calling for the family.As an outsider, I am very willing to tolerate these ideas if I can hear them expressed. I was raised by parents who adhered to spiritual beliefs that are not traditional, though in a very different way. My parents followed the teachings of an Indian avatar quite popular in the 1960s, and though I am not actively involved in these teachings now, they shaped my adult spiritual outlook. One of the teachings was of the concept of karma, and another was transcending the ego. This lifestyle makes sense to me for certain people who are called to it as a way to let go of personal ego and resolve multiple layers of karma. I can understand it, from that perspective, through the lens of my spiritual foundation, though plural relationships are not something I am familiar with.Unfortunately, this book didn't address the family's spiritual ideals in any depth, and so after reading this book, I am still at a loss to explain this family's spiritual calling. Without a narrative that discusses that spiritual purpose- though it may be there- the reader is left with a story of emotional dis-satisfaction and pain in the lives of the individual wives, compensated by the benefits of an extended family. I am a little troubled by the idea that that there would be so much, and such deep, resentment and loss experienced by the wives, when there is supposed to be a higher purpose always working in their lives that justifies the sacrifice of the primacy of their individual relationship with their husband. Why are you doing this, I kept asking.On a more practical level, this book is instructive that young marriage, and financially poor marriage, is always terribly hard. These almost seem to be separate issues from the overall vision the family has for plural marriage. Maybe hard circumstances early in life build character, or maybe they simply lead to mid-life crises in one's early 40s.
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