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The Lonely Polygamist
by Brady Udall
I've been stewing over this book for days and have come to the conclusion that I just didn't like it. It was quite readable, but I couldn't sympathize with either of the two adult (the polygamist referenced in the title and his fourth wife) main characters. I did like the other main character, the 11 year old boy. The adult's problems seemed to be of their own making and the boy had little choice. Because I couldn't connect with the characters, I was mostly annoyed and bored.
However, the lonely polygamist makes an observation that I did find truthful: women who learned of his polygamy were always distrustful whereas men were always very interested.
I think that polygamy works (somewhat) in agricultural societies where all those children can be put to work. But in our society it seems to create a lot of excess and lost children. I would argue that in the US today, if there is going to be polygamy, it should be one woman and several men, as this will result in less children and more "means" for the family to live on. I'd like to read that book. Who would be a good person to author it?
However, the lonely polygamist makes an observation that I did find truthful: women who learned of his polygamy were always distrustful whereas men were always very interested.
I think that polygamy works (somewhat) in agricultural societies where all those children can be put to work. But in our society it seems to create a lot of excess and lost children. I would argue that in the US today, if there is going to be polygamy, it should be one woman and several men, as this will result in less children and more "means" for the family to live on. I'd like to read that book. Who would be a good person to author it?