The Sound of Gravel

A riveting, deeply affecting true story of one girl s coming of age in a polygamist cult.Ruth Wariner was the thirty ninth of her father s forty two children Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turned a blind eye to the practices of her community, Ruth lives in a ramshackle house without indoor plumbing or electricity At church, preachers teach that God will punish the wicked by destroying the world and that women can only ascend to Heaven by entering into polygamous marriages and giving birth to as many children as possible After Ruth s father the man who had been the founding prophet of the colony is brutally murdered by his brother in a bid for church power, her mother remarries, becoming the second wife of another faithful congregant.In need of government assistance and supplemental income, Ruth and her siblings are carted back and forth between Mexico and the United States, where her mother collects welfare and her step father works a variety of odd jobs Ruth comes to love the time she spends in the States, realizing that perhaps the community into which she was born is not the right one for her As Ruth begins to doubt her family s beliefs and question her mother s choices, she struggles to balance her fierce love for her siblings with her determination to forge a better life for herself.Recounted from the innocent and hopeful perspective of a child, The Sound of Gravel is the remarkable true story of a girl fighting for peace and love This is an intimate, gripping tale of triumph, courage, and resilience. New Read [ The Sound of Gravel ] Author [ Ruth Wariner ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The Sound of Gravel is RIVETING I read it in two sittings and could hardly put it down until I had read the last page It was like she was telling my own story, because in many ways she was We both lived the same deprived childhoods in a polygamist cult that eventually turned violent and deadly The scenes she described were all too familiar to me, reminding me of my own very distant past.I was given an Advance Reader Copy of this book by the author, who just happens to be my cousin Up until The Sound of Gravel is RIVETING I read it in two sittings and could hardly put it down until I had read the last page It was like she was telling my own story, because in many ways she was We both lived the same deprived childh...My heart goes out to this young woman for her honesty, strength and courage in the writing of this memoir I, no matter how much I read, will ever understand the mindset of women who join or become involved in cults or religions such as these when there is so little of benefit to themselves and their children That this mother loved her children is apparent, she worked incredibly hard, tried to make things special at times, yet failed to defend them when they needed her most I honestly don t ge My heart goes out to this young woman for her honesty, strength and courage in the writing of this memoir I, no matter how much I read, will ever understand the mindset of women who join or become involved in cults or religions such as these when there is so little of benefit to themselves and their children That this mother loved her children is apparent, she worked incredibly hard, tried to make things special at times, yet failed to defend them when they needed her most I honestly don t get it Parts of this story made me so angry, the welfare scams for instance, the ab...Ruth Wariner s memoir about her childhood should come with a warning GUARANTEED to keep you awake during sleeping hours Ruth grew up in LeBaron, Mexico.a small town in the Mexican countryside 200 miles south of El Paso, Texas,.in a fundamentalist Mormon family that believed in thepolygamist teaching The Colony , is what they called it Her grandfather, Alma Dayer LaBaron was the founder in 1944 I ve read other stories and seen movies of polygamy compounds in the United States I ve p Ruth Wariner s memoir about her childhood should come with a warning GUARANTEED to keep you awake during sleeping hours Ruth grew up in LeBaron, Mexico.a small town in the Mexican countryside 200 miles south of El Paso, Texas,.in a fundamentalist Mormon family that believed in thepolygamist teaching The Colony , is what they called it Her grandfather, Alma Dayer LaBaron was the founder in 1944 I ve read other stories and seen movies of polygamy compounds in the United States I ve personally met adult woman who were children from Utah who were raised withthan one mother many brothers and sisters who actually talked about their families with an odd type of normality granted the two woman I knew were in monogamous marriages themselves by choice a as adults So, I had heard horror stories.I had also shockingly i...Geez Louise This is a heartbreaking memoir that made me sad and mad over and over again Ruth Wariner s mother was a member of the LeBaron Mormon fundamentalist church based in Mexico Ruth was the fourth of 10 children Her father died when she was a baby, and her mother then became the second wife of a man who eventually had four wives and 24 children There is no question that Ruth loved her mother, but as she recounts her story she doesn t present a rosy picture of the world in which her mo Geez Louise This is a heartbreaking memoir that made me sad and mad over and over again Ruth Wariner s mother was a member of the LeBaron Mormon fundamentalist church based in Mexico Ruth was the fourth of 10 children Her father died when she was a baby, and her mother then became the second wife of a man who eventually had four wives and 24 children There is no question... The rest of us followed silently, watching and listening as Mom took a wide step over the highway shoulder and onto the dirt road, the gravel crunching beneath her footsteps, the sound of home.The Church of the Firstborn is a church founded by an excommunicated LDS Mormon by 1924, who was excommunicated for teaching promoting and practicing plural marriage While it is true that the LDS Mormon church at one time allowed plural marriage for approximately 60 years almost twenty of those in s The rest of us followed silently, watching and listening as Mom took a wide step over the highway shoulder and onto the dirt road, the gravel crunching beneath her footsteps, the sound of home.The Church of the Firstborn is a church founded by an excommunicated LDS Mormon by 1924, who was excommunicated for te...you ever wonder about those who were raised in a polygamist community The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner is a firsthand account of a child growing up in a colony in rural Mexico Ruth s father was the founding prophet of the colony but he died when she was young leaving her to be raised by the textbook evil stepfather.Her family lives in an unfinished house lacking indoor plumbing, electricity with no means of you ever wonder about those who were raised in a polygamist community The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner is a firsthand account of a child growing up in a colony in rural Mexico Ruth s father was the founding prophet of ... The Sound of Gravel is in the running for my favorite book club read this year Bull Mountain is the other pick I really enjoyed It is Ruth Warnier s memoir about her poverty stricken childhood in a polygamist cult in Mexico, her dysfunctional mother, abusive step father, and struggle for survival along with her many siblings.She pulls you in, first lineI am my mother s fourth child and my father s thirty ninthpg 10, ebook I read that sentence to my husband and his reaction was, Are y The Sound of Gravel is in the running for my favorite book club read this year Bull Mountain is the other pick I really enjoyed It is Ruth Warnier s memoir about her poverty stricken childhood in a polygamist cult in Mexico, her dysfunctional mother, abusive step father, and struggle for survival along with her many siblings.She pulls you in, first lineI am my mother s fourth child and my father s thirty ninthpg 10, ebook I read that sentence to my husband and his reaction was, Are you reading a book about royalty Unfortunately, no Ruthie s father was a founding member of the Firstborns , a polygamist group that broke away from the Mormon church He believed that, in order to live in the manner that God intended, men are supposed to have multi...What a fantastic book Anyone who knows my reading style knows that I m not a huge fan of memoir Honestly, I think most people who have written them are either too young or and I don t think there s a good way to say this without sounding like an ass don t really have that much to say that I am interested in reading about But when I heard about The Sound of Gravel, I was instantly intrigued this is not your run of the mill memoir This one will knock you off your feet Ruth Wariner is ab What a fantastic book Anyone who knows my reading style knows that I m not a huge fan of memoir Honestly, I think most people who have written them are either too young or a...Holy Moses, this book just about destroyed me.This book isn t a TLC show, and readers going into with a certain sense of schadenfreude about polygamist compounds are going to be disappointed In the end, this is a tale of what happens when people pursue selfish desires like religious fervor, ideological purity, and attention from a lover over the well being of their children The themes that prevail throughout this book hit a lot closer to home than LeBaron, Mexico.LeBaron is the remote locati Holy Moses, this book just about destroyed me.This book isn t a TLC show, and readers going into with a certain sense of schadenfreude about polygamist compounds are going to be disappointed In the end, this is a tale of what happens when people pursue selfish desires...Oh good heavens above I read this book voraciously, ignoring the rest of my life completely Ruth Wariner s courage is inconceivable She grew up in a fanatical Mormon polygamist Doomsday cult in Mexico The hardships such a lame word for what she endured were recounted without a single shred of self pity She shares her riveting life story from her earliest memories as a child to her life as an adult Not enough about her current life so I m hoping for a sequel Ruth s mother was totally in Oh good heavens above I read this book voraciously, ignoring the rest of my life completely Ruth Wariner s courage is inconceivable She grew up in a fanatical Mormon polygamist Doomsday cult in Mexico The hardships such a lame word for what she endured were recounted without a single shred of self pity She shares her riveting life story from her earliest memories as a child to her life as an adult Not enough about her current life so I m hoping for a sequel Ruth s mother was totally incapable of showing her what happiness looked like she could only show her how to barely survive Her mother believed with blind faith that when you re doing what God wants you to do it will always work out for the best She told Ruth not to worry that God will always take care of us It felt to me like God could have done a better job of looking after these defenseless children Ruth later reflected about how little m...

• English
• 02 October 2018
Ruth Wariner
• Hardcover
• 336 pages
• 1250077699
• Ruth Wariner
• The Sound of Gravel