Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 240 pages
- Published by: Pince-Nez Press June 1, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1930074131
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1930074132
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Book Dimensions:
8.2 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
- Weighs: 10.4 ounces
CNN.com, August 1, 2004
"[An] illuminating new book"
Editorial, Salt Lake Tribune, August 15, 2004
"As God's Brothel makes clear, fundamentalist Mormon polygamy can lead to pedophilia, rape, domestic violence incest and welfare fraud."
Reader Reviews
to what horrors do go on in polygamous communities. I've read a lot about it and living in Utah and having been raised in the mormon community, I figured I had a good feel for what might go on behind the walls of these compounds and homes. The stories in this book describe pretty much every perversion and abuse I might have guessed could occur in such an environment. All it takes is an understanding of patriarchal cult/religion and power combined with human nature to figure that what these women describe makes sense. I learned a little bit more about the state of Utah and how far it is from bringing justice and support where it is most needed. With the prevailing mainstream mormon influence within the power structures of this state, it seems they are still in the business of protecting their own polygamous doctrine and history first and foremost. So far, the most revealing book I've read on polygamy. Others that I've read have left me feeling that there was much untold.
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