The Secret Lives of Saints by Daphne Bramham

The Secret Lives of Saints by Daphne Bramham

A riveting, shocking account of the founding and flourishing of the polygamous, fundamentalist Mormon sect in Bountiful, B.C.

Here, Daphne Bramham uncovers the surprising truths about Bountiful, the epicentre of fundamentalist Mormonism in Canada, and tells the story of its self-appointed prophet and bishop, Winston Blackmore, who has dozens of wives--several of whom he married when they were as young as fifteen. The Secret Lives of Saints is a story of sex and power, a story of violations of Canada's criminal code hidden behind the veil of the Charter of Rights. Running through the narrative are the most troubling questions of all: Why has nothing been done to stop the illegal practices of this sect? Why haven't the polygamists, pedophiles and abusers been charged and jailed? This book will leave you pondering the notion of tolerance--whether it is possible to have both religious freedom and individual rights and where the line needs to be drawn between them.

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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ISBN 13	9780307355898
ISBN 10	0307355896
Title	The Secret Lives of Saints
Author	Daphne Bramham
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2009-01-06
Number of pages	496
Prizes	Short-listed for Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction 2009, Short-listed for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 2009, Short-listed for Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing 2009
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