Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement

Life for Irene Spencer was a series of devastating disappointments and hardships. Irene's first book, Shattered Dreams , is the staggering chronicle of her struggle to provide for her children in abje…

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