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A review by mfrabbiele
The Polygamist's Daughter: A Memoir by Anna LeBaron
dark
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.5
I always have a hard time rating memoirs because I do not enjoy adding a rating or a score to someone's personal story and experiences. However, from strictly a reader-storytelling experience, I was engaged to the point of wanting more and I was eager to see how her life events played out.
In short, Anna grew up in poverty, constantly on the move, and rarely seeing her parents despite living with other family and friends. Her childhood is full of emotional abuse and neglect before she decides to take life into her own hands, seeking change.
The story itself is succinct and comes full circle as she is able to share her life today, as an adult and a mother.
Anna is brave and resilient.
Trigger warnings include: murder and adult-minor relationships.
In short, Anna grew up in poverty, constantly on the move, and rarely seeing her parents despite living with other family and friends. Her childhood is full of emotional abuse and neglect before she decides to take life into her own hands, seeking change.
The story itself is succinct and comes full circle as she is able to share her life today, as an adult and a mother.
Anna is brave and resilient.
Trigger warnings include: murder and adult-minor relationships.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse