Imagine never having used the Internet. If you're female, imagine that you've never worn anything besides long dresses, and that you're very concerned with modesty. Starting to feel like you've stepped into a historical fiction book? Think again. This book is set right now. Confused? Now imagine that you've just turned fifteen, and your husband has been picked out for you. He's in his forties, and already has several wives.As Celeste approaches her fifteenth birthday, her impending marriage to a man (not a guy her own age, mind you, but a much older man) is constantly on her mind. Celeste lives in Unity, a rural polygamous community. It's all she's ever known, outside of brief trips into town to go shopping with her father. While Unity itself is fictional, the kind of story it tells is real. In the United States and Canada, there are thousands of people living in polygamous communities, just like Celeste.
Celeste knows she has other options, because many teenage guys have left Unity, and there are stories of women who have. But could she leave her family behind, leave behind everything she's ever known?
Sister Wife is a fascinating yet quick read that really considers what it would be like to live in Unity. Told from two other viewpoints in addition to Celeste, Sister Wife allows you, the reader, to step into the mind-frame of Celeste's younger sister Nanette, who can't wait to become a sister wife, and Taviana, an outsider who found an unlikely safe haven in Unity. It offers no easy solutions to Celeste's predicament, and keeps you wondering until the very end about what she will do.
* * * 1/2 stars (out of five)
Read if you: are interested in learning about the hot topic (the subject of today's Oprah!), are curious about other lifestyles, or want an engaging book about a person in a real predicament
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