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The Sound of Gravel is Ruth Wariner's unforgettable and deeply moving story of growing up in a polygamist Mormon doomsday community. The thirty-ninth of her father's forty-one children, Ruth is raised on a farm in the hills of Mexico, where polygamy is practiced without fear of legal persecution.
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- Title
- The Sound of Gravel
- Author
- Ruth Wariner
- Publisher
- Flatiron Books
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1250077699
- ISBN 13
- 9781250077691
An instant New York Times bestseller
“A haunting, harrowing testament to survival."
― People Magazine
“An addictive chronicle of a polygamist community.” ― New York Magazine
“Unforgettable” ― Entertainment Weekly
The thirty-ninth of her father’s forty-two children, Ruth Wariner grew up in polygamist family on a farm in rural Mexico. In The Sound of Gravel, she offers an unforgettable portrait of the violence that threatened her community, her family’s fierce sense of loyalty, and her own unshakeable belief in the possibility of a better life. An intimate, gripping tale of triumph and courage, The Sound of Gravel is a heart-stopping true story.
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