The Secret Lives of Saints

The Secret Lives of Saints paints a troubling portrait of an extreme religious sect. These zealous believers impose severe and often violent restrictions on women, deprive children of education and opt instead to school them in the tenets of their faith, defy the law and move freely and secretly over international borders. They punish dissent with violence and even death. No, this sect is not the Taliban, but North America's fundamentalist Mormons. Daphne Bramham explores the history and ideas of this surprisingly resilient and insular society, asking the questions that surround its continued existence and telling the stories of the men and women whose lives are so entwined with it-both the leaders and the victims.

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Daphne Bramham has been a columnist at the Vancouver Sun since 2000 and has won numerous awards for her writing, including a National Newspaper Award. She was named Commentator of the Year by the Jack Webster Foundation in 2005 and was honoured by the non-profit group Beyond Borders for a series of columns on the polygamous community of Bountiful, B.C.

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Blackmore Family Tree
Prologue

One - The Polygamy Capital of Canada
Two - In the Beginning
Three - The Promised Land
Four - Persecution, Prosecution and Betrayal
Five - A Chosen Son and a Child Bride
Six - The Night of Long Knives
Seven - God's Mouthpiece
Eight - Down at the ?Crick?
Nine - The Other Side of Utopia
Ten - God's Brothel
Eleven - In the Name of God
Twelve - The Lost Boys
Thirteen - Fallen Prophet
Fourteen - Border Brides
Fifteen - Call to Arms
Sixteen - Lying for the Lord
Seventeen - FLDS Under Siege
Eighteen - The Road to Purgatory
Nineteen - Whose Rights?

Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index