In Polygamy's Shadow

From a Mormon Childhood to a Life of Choice

Biography & Memoir, Religious
Cover of the book In Polygamy's Shadow by Maggie Rayner, JKS Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Maggie Rayner ISBN: 9780994928818
Publisher: JKS Publishing Publication: February 11, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Maggie Rayner
ISBN: 9780994928818
Publisher: JKS Publishing
Publication: February 11, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

A true story of growing up Mormon on the West Coast of British Columbia.


FOR MAGGIE RAYNER, conditional love and the threat of violence were the lock on the prison of church and family in which she was raised.

Set in the 1950s and 60s on the West Coast of British Columbia, In Polygamy’s Shadow: From a Mormon Childhood to a Life of Choice chronicles Maggie’s personal struggle to keep herself from being devoured by the Mormon church and her parents’ unrelenting loyalty to it. She questions why her family eats food from a garbage dump while her father rises in the church hierarchy and her parents pay tithing on every dollar that comes into the household. She fears for her future when polygamists from Bountiful visit her congregation on the hunt for young brides.


As the church tightens its grip, Maggie battles for the right to think for herself and make her own choices. She realizes at a young age that she will have to make the  ultimate choice between family and freedom. In Polygamy’s Shadow is both a story of survival and a cautionary tale to anyone thinking of joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"Maggie Rayner has produced an engaging and immediate memoir of growing up Mormon in late-20th century British Columbia. . . a snapshot of a religious community riven by its tumultuous history, still haunted by the shadow - and occasionally the reality - of polygamy."

Craig E. Jones, Q.C., BGS, LL.B., LL.M.
Professor of Law
Thompson Rivers University, Author A Cruel Arithmetic: Inside the Case Against Polygamy

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A true story of growing up Mormon on the West Coast of British Columbia.


FOR MAGGIE RAYNER, conditional love and the threat of violence were the lock on the prison of church and family in which she was raised.

Set in the 1950s and 60s on the West Coast of British Columbia, In Polygamy’s Shadow: From a Mormon Childhood to a Life of Choice chronicles Maggie’s personal struggle to keep herself from being devoured by the Mormon church and her parents’ unrelenting loyalty to it. She questions why her family eats food from a garbage dump while her father rises in the church hierarchy and her parents pay tithing on every dollar that comes into the household. She fears for her future when polygamists from Bountiful visit her congregation on the hunt for young brides.


As the church tightens its grip, Maggie battles for the right to think for herself and make her own choices. She realizes at a young age that she will have to make the  ultimate choice between family and freedom. In Polygamy’s Shadow is both a story of survival and a cautionary tale to anyone thinking of joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"Maggie Rayner has produced an engaging and immediate memoir of growing up Mormon in late-20th century British Columbia. . . a snapshot of a religious community riven by its tumultuous history, still haunted by the shadow - and occasionally the reality - of polygamy."

Craig E. Jones, Q.C., BGS, LL.B., LL.M.
Professor of Law
Thompson Rivers University, Author A Cruel Arithmetic: Inside the Case Against Polygamy

More books from Religious

Cover of the book Promise for Spring, A (Heart of the Prairie Book #3) by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Santa Maria Capua Vetere, provincia di Caserta, 1943 by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book 108 Sonnets for Awakening by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Shield of Refuge by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Lethal Ransom by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Our Divine Comedy by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Sword and Serpent by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Locked In by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Sister Dear by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Uphill Both Ways by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Son of the Underground by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Blessings by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Someday List, The (Jubilant Soul Book #1) by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book Hearts Afire by Maggie Rayner
Cover of the book The Life and Teachings of Jesus by Maggie Rayner
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy