Reviews

Praise for "Secrets and Wives"
"Many of us recognize the stock images of polygamy: the child brides from isolated compounds, like the Yearning for Zion ranch, and the suburban homemakers on television, yearning for their husbands. In "Secrets and Wives: The Secret World of Mormon Polygamy," British journalist Sanjiv Bhattacharya pushes past these caricatures to show what Mormon polygamists are really like." --"Slate"
"Though fundamentalist Mormon polygamy is portrayed in a benign light on TV (e.g., "Big Love"), the reality is for the most part much grimmer . . . This is a riveting read for both Bhattacharya's wry and heartfelt style and the nature of the material." --"LIbrary Journal"
Praise for "The Man with 80 Wives"
"Sanjiv Bhattacharya, a likable reporter who smoothed over rebuffs (there were many) with charm, tracked [Warren Jeff's] trail of destruction from Canada to Texas . . . Sanjiv seemed worried Warren might kill himself and his followers. He is,1