When asked to write on the theme of “Big Love” for February, I couldn’t help but think about the television series Big Love – a modern take on the polygamous marriages practiced by 19th century Mormons. Big Love (2006-2011) was the first of several contemporary...
The Casket Maker’s Other Wife–my first novel and ongoing WIP–was inspired by my great-great-grandparents’ polygamous marriage. I descend from the second wife who emigrated to America from Switzerland after she’d joined the Mormon faith in 1869. At...
