King Arthur Movie Tristan

February 5, 2006: Pat Benatar & REO Speedwagon
February 12, 2006: Live Albums: REO Speedwagon & The Yardbirds
February 26, 2006: Delbert McClinton
March 5, 2006: Led Zeppelin's Presence and Physical Graffiti
March 12, 2006: David Gilmour
March 26, 2006: Don Henley and the Summer of '85
April 02, 2006: Tristan Prettyman
April 23, 2006: Sam Roberts
April 30, 2007: The Anniversary Dance
May 7, 2006: Prettyman (again) and Springsteen
May 14, 2006: Green Day and The Clash
May 28, 2006: Bachman Cummings Songbook
August 6, 2006: Music for my Funeral: Adagio from the Concierto de Aranjuez.
September 3, 2006: Fighting the Foo
September 17, 2006: Bob Seger
December 17, 2006: It's a Twisted Sister Christmas
September 9, 2007: Bon Jovi's Lost Highway
October 21, 2007: Springsteen's Magic
January 6, 2008: The Return of Zeppelin
January 13, 2008: Kid Rock

The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Harry Potter Series) by by J. K. Rowling


OMG! I got an email from Barnes & Noble today. The Tales of Beedle the Bard will be released in stores on December 04, 2008!!! *yay* *happy happy joy joy*



I'm a BIG HP fan and can't wait to get my hands on this one. Plus...December 4th is my birthday, so I'm actually looking forward to my birthday this year....lol.


related links: http://www.jkrowling.com/

I have watched this video 10 times now and I cry every time, because it is so powerful

http://www.mychurch.org/blog/30635/coolest-video-ever

We started to 'bud' in our blouses at 9 or 10 years old only to find that anything that came in contact with those tender, blooming buds hurt so bad it brought us to tears. So came the ridiculously uncomfortable training bra contraption that the boys in school would snap until we had calluses on our backs.

Next, we get our periods in our early to mid-teens (or sooner). Along with those budding boobs, we bloated, we cramped, we got the hormone crankies, had to wear little mattresses between our legs or insert tubular, packed cotton rods in places we didn't even know we had.

Our next little rite of passage was having sex for the first time which was about as much fun as having a ramrod push your uterus through your nostrils (IF he did it right and didn't end up with his little cart before his horse), leaving us to wonder what all the fuss was about.

Then it was off to Motherhood where we learned to live on dry crackers and water for a few months so we didn't spend the entire day leaning over Brother John . Of course, amazing creatures that we are (and we are), we learned to live with the growing little angels inside us steadily kicking our innards night and day making us wonder if we were preparing to have Rosemary's Baby.

Our once flat bellies looked like we swallowed a whole watermelon and we pee'd our pants every time we sneezed. When the big moment arrived, the dam in our blessed Nether Regions invariably burst right in the middle of the mall and we had to waddle, with our big cartoon feet, moaning in pain all the way to the ER.

Then it was huff and puff and beg to die while theOB ? says, 'Please stop screaming, Mrs. Hearmeroar . Calm down and push. 'Just one more good push' (more like 10), warranting a strong, well-deserved impulse to punch the %$#*@*#!* hubby and doctor square in the nose for making us cram a wiggling, mushroom-headed 10 pound bowling ball through a keyhole.

After that, it was time to raise those angels only to find that when all that 'cute' wears off, the beautiful little darlings morphed into walking, jabbering, wet, gooey, snot-blowing, life-sucking little poop machines.

Then come their 'Teen Years.' Need I say more?

When the kids are almost grown, we women hit our voracious sexual prime in our early 40's - while hubby had his somewhere around his 18th birthday.

So we progress into the grand finale: 'The Menopause,' the Grandmother of all womanhood. It's either take HRT and chance cancer in those now seasoned 'buds' or the aforementioned Nether Regions, or, sweat like a hog in July, wash your sheets and pillowcases daily and bite the head off anything that moves.

Now, you ask WHY women seem to be more spiteful than men, when men get off so easy, INCLUDING the icing o n life's cake: Being able to pee in the woods without
soaking their socks...

So, while I love being a woman, 'Womanhood' would make the Great Gandhi a tad crabby. You think women are the 'weaker sex?' Yeah right. Bite me.

title: Chasing Windmills

author: Catherine Ryan Hyde

genre: fiction


published: 2008

pages: 262

first line: This is the part that's going to be hard to explain: How can I tell you why two people who were afraid of everything-other people, open spaces, noise, confusion, life itself-wound up riding the subways alone under Manhattan late at night?




rated: 5 out of 5 stars

Catherine Ryan Hyde, bestselling author of Pay It Forward, returns with a provocative tour de force on first love—a modern-day rendering of West Side Story born on a New York City subway car and nurtured under the windmills of the Mojave Desert.


The subway doors open and close, and in one moment Sebastian’s and Maria’s lives are changed forever. Rendered in Catherine Ryan Hyde’s stirring and evocative prose, CHASING WINDMILLS is a poignant love story that will leave you yearning for a subway ride that is a fraction as enchanting.

Seventeen year old Sebastian lives with his father in an apartment in New York. His dad home schools him and Sebastian is not allowed to leave the apartment or have any friends. He's not allowed to watch tv or movies. His father also puts fear into him about anything having to do with the outside world. Everything Sebastian does is closely monitored, including the books he is allowed to read. By doctors orders, Sebastian is allowed to go running. He does like being outside and ends up sneaking out at night while his father is asleep.




Sebastian takes a ride on the subway one night and notices a woman getting on the train. Maria is a twenty-two year old mother of two young children. She has been with the father of her children, a man named Carl, since she was fifteen.



Carl hits Maria, but she usually blames herself for making him angry enough to do it. She works the night shift at a grocery store and lost her job recently, but doesn't tell Carl. Instead, she continues to leave at night and ride on the subway as if she's going to work.




When she notices Sebastian on the train one night, she is surprised at her own feelings about him. The two start to show up at the subway each night after midnight just to see each other. And after a few days, they finally speak to each other.

Soon enough they fall in love and Sebastian asks Maria to run away with him.

"Maybe I'll see you tomorrow," she said, and then she walked off the train. But just before the doors closed, she looked back over her shoulder at me. This time she didn't smile. This time I looked into her eyes and saw in a little deeper. Almost like she took down a curtain and let me see into one of the rooms of her house.

She was sad, and in trouble. That's what I saw.

I loved this story. I lived inside this book for a couple of days. You know how sometimes you can get really into a book and the storyline and characters just grab you? This is what happened while I read this story. I really wanted Sebastian and Maria to have a happy ending. The plot was really good and I found myself not wanting to put this book down.

'First I found out that there was only one face in the whole world, as far as I was concerned, and it was hers. Exactly hers. Nobody else's. It matched the one I had been trying so hard to remember, to see in my head, for so long. And it wasn't just her features, either. It was her smile. The way she cut her eyes away. The way she moved.

It was like a key that fit into a lock when no other key would.'

I am a fan of Catherine Ryan Hyde's work. The first novel I read of hers was 'Pay It Forward' and since then I've been hooked. I will be picking up more of her books in the future.







About the author:

Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of 11 published and forthcoming books, including the story collection Earthquake Weather, and the novels Funerals for Horses, Pay it Forward, Electric God, and Walter’s Purple Heart. Pay It Forward was adapted into a major motion picture, chosen by the American Library Association for its Best Books for Young Adults list, and translated into more than 20 languages for distribution in over 30 countries. The paperback was released in October 2000 by Pocket Books and quickly became a national bestseller.

quoted from http://www.cryanhyde.com/author_profile.html



visit the authors websites:

http://www.cryanhyde.com/


http://www.myspace.com/catherineryanhyde



Pay It Forward Movement

I received an email from Lisa Roe over at Online Publicist. The Literate Housewife is holding a fun contest. The basic idea is to take a creative photo of your TBR pile.

'I feel we need to look at our TBR’s in a different way. Instead of gazing at that pile with a sense of foreboding and obligation, we need to shed a different light on them. Or move them to a different spot, spread the stack around, place them somewhere unusual or unexpected. Then take a picture and post it on your blog! Maybe once we look at the books in an artistic way, without the words, font, editing errors, and storylines getting in the way, we can see them as the beautiful objects they are instead of ‘work’.'

'...submit your photo to me with a title. I’ll post all of the pictures I get anonymously (using only the title provided) on Monday, August 11. I’ll have all of my readers vote for the title that is most inspiring to them. The picture that captures the most votes as of 5pm EST on August 15 will win a $15 Amazon email gift certificate from me. Have fun! I look forward to seeing what you come up with!'

Sounds like a great idea! I'll be entering. Thanks Lisa for the heads up :o)

Master storyteller Stephen King presents a revolutionary new form of entertainment: his short story “N.” brought to vibrant life through a series of 25 graphic video episodes. The original series tells the story of a psychiatrist who falls victim to the same deadly obsession as his patient—an obsession that just might save the world!



Drawn by award-wining comic book artist Alex Maleev, and colored by famed comic book colorist José Villarrubia, the episodes were adapted by Marc Guggenheim, co-creator of the ABC-TV series “Eli Stone” with creative oversight from Stephen King.

A friend emailed me this, sounds interesting! I'll be watching.

Let's spread this one around the United States two or three times!!!!!!
If you agree, pass this on, if not delete.
'God Bless America'!
PLEASE KEEP IT GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Courtesy of my blogging pals, I found a few fun things to post. Now I know how much my blog is worth & how long I can survive inside the vacuum of space & which Star Wars character I am. Good to know!




I found this one over @ j.kaye's

I found this one @ yvonne's



Created by OnePlusYou




I found this one @ Katie(babs)

Your STAR WARS Identity created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Yoda YOU ARE YODA! you are wise beyond your years, and people respect you for it. You can be a little sarcastic at times, and you like to have your way--but only if you can persuade everyone else that it's the RIGHT way Chewbacca 70% Luke Skywalker 70% Yoda 70% Princess Leia 70% Darth Vader 60% R2-D2 60% Boba Fett 60% C-3PO 50% Han Solo 40% Jabba the Hutt 30%

Q.I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain... Good!

Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! .... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure? A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Q: I s getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.
And remember:
'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO, What a Ride'
AND.....For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.
1. The Japanese eat very little fatand suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fatand suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wineand suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
4. The Italians drink a lot of red wineand suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you!

title: Pay It Forward

author: Catherine Ryan Hyde

pages: 311

genre: fiction

published: 1999

first line: Maybe someday I'll have kids of my own.



rated: 4 1/2 out of 5





Twelve year old Trevor McKinney receives an extra credit class assignment from his social studies teacher, Mr. Reuben St. Clair.
'Think of an idea for world change, and put it into action.'


Trevor comes up with an idea. Paying it forward. It's very simple, you think of three people, then do something good for these people, something big. In return for your favor, each of these three people then do something amazing for three other people. And so on and so forth....until it multiplies and there is so much more good in the world from people paying it forward.

'And yet at first people needed to know more. Somehow it was not enough that a boy barely in his teens was able to change the world. Somehow it had to be known why the world could change at just that moment, why it could not have changed a moment sooner, what Trevor brought to that moment, and why it was the very thing that moment required.'

Trevor's mom, Arlene is raising Trevor by herself and working two jobs to pay the bills. Trevor ends up wanting to get Arlene and Reuben together. Arlene & Reuben are opposites, he is an educated black man who was injured in Vietnam, half of his face is scarred badly. Arlene is a recovering alcoholic and she feels that she is not good enough for Reuben. Yet the two of them form a bond.



Trevor thinks his idea of paying it forward didn't work out, but little does he know, it's being called 'The Movement' and has been making a worldwide effect. Reporter Chris Chandler is trying to find the person who started The Movement, he is shocked when he finds out it was started by 12 year old Trevor as part of an extra credit assignment.





The storyline and the idea of 'Paying it Forward' grab you from the start. This is all about how just one person can truly make a difference.


The movie version 'Pay It Forward' stayed pretty true to the book. There were some differences between the two but I really enjoyed both. This book will be definitely be listed as one of my top favorite reads in 2008.




I posted about this book before, here.

In honor of Pay It Forward, I am holding a special prize drawing. As I posted before, it wouldn't be book related. So after thinking about what would be a good prize to post, besides a book, I came up with an idea.


As some of you may know, I crochet. It's my other obsession, besides reading. So, I am raffling off one of my hand crocheted scarves on my blog. I know, it's the middle of summer, but hey, the Fall weather will be here before you know it and this scarf will come in handy. It's very soft & warm, I promise.







Want a better chance of winning? Read on....


* To enter to win the scarf, just comment to this post.

* If you have a blog, post about this contest, leave me the link, and I will enter your name 2 extra times in the drawing.


* If you also blog about the book 'Pay It Forward', I'll enter your name 2 extra times in the drawing.


If you do all of the above, that's your name entered 5 times in the drawing.




* For every person you refer to my blog who mentions your name, I will enter you one extra time in the drawing per person referred (even if you yourself don't have a blog, email your friends and refer them that way). The person you refer, needs to tell me you referred by posting in the comments section.




I will draw the winning name on August 15th.
Good luck!

Sunday Salon time already! That was quick. It's been a busy week for me. I did manage to get some reading time in. I was able to post the following reviews on my blog:

Nonfiction/Autobiography:


Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife....I didn't think I would enjoy this read, but after a few pages, I was hooked. Irene's story was very interesting. It's gots plenty of O-M-G moments, the things Irene goes through are hard to believe...click here for the rest of my review.





And I got my copy autographed of 'Pay It Forward' in the mail this week from author Catherine Ryan Hyde . Her single request to me was that I 'tell at least one other person who didn't know it was a book'. I have been spreading the word and I will be holding a special prize raffle on my blog soon.




click here for my post on that.

I'm nearly done with reading PIF and really enjoying it.


Also arrived in the mail this week:



Chasing Windmills







Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth (ARC)





And I also won a contest this week over at Hey lady! Watcha readin'?. 14 Book Giveaway. I won 14 books!




What are you reading? Enjoy your Sunday.

This is God. Today I will be handling All of your problems for you. I do Not need your help. So, have a nice day. I love you. P.S. And, remember... If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do Not attempt to resolve it yourself! Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box. I will get to it in MY TIME. All situations will be resolved, but in My time, not yours.

Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying about it. Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now.

If you find yourself stuck in traffic, don't despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.

Should you have a bad day at work; think of the man who has been out of work for years.

Should you despair over a relationship gone bad; think of the person who has never known what it's like to love and be loved in return.

Should you grieve the passing of another weekend; think of the woman in dire straits, working twelve hours a day, seven days a week to feed her children.

Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance; think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk.

Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror; think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine.

Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about, asking what is my purpose? Be thankful. There are those who didn't live long enough to get the opportunity.

Should you find yourself the victim of other people's bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities; remember, things could be worse. You could be one of them!

Should you decide to send this to a friend; Thank you. You may have touched their life in ways you will never know! Now, you have a nice day.

God

title: Wicked Ties

author: Shayla Black

pages: 341

published: 2007

genre: erotica

first line: Have you ever wanted to put yourself in the hands of a man whose sole purpose is to give you pleasure?

















rated:


storyline: 4 out of 5



love scenes: HOT 5 out of 5 (can I give it a 6?)






Cable sex talk show host Morgan O'Malley, has a stalker after her. In fear of her safety, she moves from LA to New Orleans to stay with her half-brother Andrew. Morgan & Andrew are pretending to be a couple, turns out thier father is a big time politician and Morgan is his love-child. No one can know Morgan is Andrew's sister.




While in New Orleans she meets bodyguard Jack Cole..a.k.a. Master J. Jack is a self-proclaimed dominant. She plans on interviewing Jack for her show, but Morgan is attracted to him right away. However, Jack has plans of his own. Turns out he has a score to settle with Andrew. Thinking Morgan is Andrews ladyfriend, he figures seducing her is the perfect revenge.


Jack winds up taking Morgan to his isolated cabin for a few days to keep her safe. Being a bodyguard, he is committed to protecting her and finding her stalker. But Jack has more than just finding Morgan's stalker on his mind.

'His mouth covered hers with a searing kiss. No, he did more than cover her mouth. He devoured, consumed, possesed. Morgan opened to him, accepting the hungry thrust of his tongue, which delivered the spice of his taste and the heat of his need in a devastating dance of seduction. Her knees weakened in seconds. His passion had the kick of cayenne pepper, balanced with the sweetness of honey, caged in control of steel. Unique. Intoxicating. She moaned into his mouth, and he swallowed the hungry sound.'

And *ahem* Jacks best friend and business partner Deke, comes to help find Morgan's stalker. And he winds up joining them in bed as well. I liked Morgan & Jack's characters. The plot was good. The love scenes go on for pages....it's hot!



If you enjoy reading erotica, this is the book for you. It's full of steamy love scenes, the dailogue between Morgan and Jack is pretty intense. There's a few O-M-G moments plus some ménage & bondage thrown in. Author Shayla Black has quite the imagination.

'And if Jack was just using her for sex....well, why couldn't she use him too? A mad sex scientist in decadent bedroom experiment. He was absolutley no hardship to look at, and when he was buried inside her, the pleasure was intense enough to make her lose her mind.'

I received this book to read & review from j.kaye





about the author:


Shayla Black (aka Shelley Bradley) is the author of 20+ sizzling contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances for multiple print and electronic publishers. She lives in Texas with her husband, munchkin, and one very spoiled cat. In her “free” time, she enjoys reality TV, reading and listening to an eclectic blend of music.

visit the author's website: http://www.shaylablack.com

title:
The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work

author: Jon Gordon

genre: self-help

publish date: 2008

pages: 143

first line: It was Tuesday, and Hope dragged herself into the office just like she had every day for the past year.




I've recently read & reviewed: The No Complaining Rule...click here for my review.


And I wanted to raffle this book off. I entered everyones names into the....List Randomizer....and the lucky winner is......




jezebelsk from Walking on Sunshine. Congrats :) please email me @ naidascrochet@yahoo.com with your snail mail.



Stay tuned for my next blog contest.

title: Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife

author: Irene Spencer

genre: autobiography/non fiction


publish date: 2007

pages: 385




first line: I edged sideways down the aisle of the crowded Greyhound, careful not to bump anyone with the bulky brown suitcase, which held my every possession: two or three plain cotton dresses, my undergarments, and toiletries-the sparse but precious contents of my hope chest.




rated: 5 out of 5 stars

Irene Spencer did as she felt God commanded in marrying her brother-in-law Verlan LeBaron, becoming his second wife. Her dramatic story reveals how far religion can be stretched and abused and how one woman and her children found their way out, into truth and redemption.

Shattered Dreams is not the type of book I would normally chose to read.
But after my sister and I watched the episode on Polygamists on Oprah, yes I watch Oprah....my sister bought this book. She read it then insisted that I read it so we can discuss, what in my opinion we've already discussed to death, the Polygamist cult. So I borrowed her book and once I began reading, I was found it hard to put down.



Irene Spencer was born into a polygamist family. Her mother, was the second of her her father's four wives, one of these wives was her own aunt: her mother's sister.






Irene goes on to describe how she and her siblings suffered through extreme poverty. As I was reading this book, set in the 1950's, I pitied Irene and these children. It's so incredible that people live this way, and so unbelieveably sad.

'Our polygamy and our poverty made us different, but it also bonded us to each other, especially as our sense of conspicuousness and persecution heightened. We got on by bare necessitites, sometimes wanting even for those, while the other kids routinely enjoy what we knew were great blessings: a new pair of shoes to start each school year, store-bought clothes now and then, and the acceptance of our teachers, administrators, and one another.

I began to hate school and long for the safety of home.'

At age 16, Irene was married to Verlan LeBaron, a 23 year old polygamist with one wife already...his first wife is Irene's own older sister, Charlotte. Irene moves in with Verlan and Charlotte in a tiny home in Mexico. Now when I say tiny 'home' I mean a shack with mice crawling up the walls at night. Irene is torn between her religon and what she truly wants, to be loved by her husband. Charlotte and Irene have an uncomfortable relationship, having to share a husband. All the while Verlan fears that the authorities will come and arrest him for having two wives, one of which is a minor.







I didn't think I would enjoy this read, but after a few pages, I was hooked. Irene's story was very interesting. It's gots plenty of O-M-G moments, the things Irene goes through are hard to believe. Irene explains the polygamist way of life, and thier way of thinking. She quotes thier bible. So the reader gets a better understanding of how she lived, and what was going on in her mind. Polygamist's follow the 'Principle' also called the 'Celestial Law'. Basically men are to have as many wives and children as they possibly can, this will ensure divine rewards in the afterlife. For them, it's all about future glory in the afterlife. But there is plenty of hypocrisy involved.

'This was one of the more vexing contributions polygamous women were called on to make: the recruitment of new wives to thier husband's households. After all, only so many women were born into the Principle, and each man was commanded to wed as many of them as he could. There was terrible competition.'

Irene lives in poverty most of her life, and it only gets worse once she marries Verlan and he begins to take on more wives. Irene is just 17 when her first child is born and Verlan takes on his second wife. Irene also struggles with feeling unloved, since Verlan spends barely any time with her, there is also alot of jealousy between the wives. It's hard to believe people live this way.
Verlan winds up with 10 wives and 58 children! Each time he takes on a new wife, his last wife is supposed to give his hand away in marriage.

'Meanwhile, I inherited responsibility for Verlan's twenty-five children living in that four-bedroom house.
I had to send fifteen kids off to school every morning. They all wore uniforms I had to keep washed and ironed. Four babies were in diapers, and we couldn't think of buying disposables.


I had to bake twelve loaves of whole whaet bread every other day. I cleaned, served, washed dishes, ironed, and cooked for the whole crowd, plus the many visitors who always seemed to be on hand.'

This was a touching, and inspiring story. Irene ends up having 13 children and adopts one child. She struggles with major depression and such heartache for most of her life.


I'm a firm believer that God helps those who help themselves. And this is what Irene Spencer does, she struggles and gets herself out of this horrible situation.



about the author:


Irene Spencer came from five generations of polygamy. As the second of ten wives, she was the mother of 14 of her husband's 58 children. Her captivating story provides an intimate look at the daily struggles Irene faced as a plural wife.


During her twenty-eight years in a polygamous marriage, Irene gave birth to thirteen children (all single births). Her ninth child was adopted as a newborn daughter.




Irene lives in Anchorage Alaska, with her faithful husband of twenty years, Hector J. Spencer, who never leaves her side. At 84 years of age, Hector travels with Irene, proudly basking in her recent, new-found success. They currently reside in Woodbridge, California with Irene's oldest daughter, where Irene continues to write and work on various projects.


visit the author's website: http://www.irenespencerbooks.com/