Married, pregnant, and living at a "fat camp" in Maine, sixteen-year-old Eleanor has many questions about her future, especially whether the marriage will last and if she should keep the baby.
Presents an annotated edition of Shakespeare's dark comedy about young lovers and a Jewish money lender who demands a pound of flesh in payment for a debt.
After the destruction of the hidden palace and the disappearance of Enju and the followers of the moon, Sakura and Aoba return together, but face being separated again when the emperor asks Aoba to take another bride.
When her clan decides she should be married to another man and come to bring her home, Amir is forced to fight to retain the life that she has built with her husband and his people, who are equally determined that she should stay with them.
A young widow, Talas, opens her home to Mr. Smith, an English researcher studying in her town, but Talas' uncle wants Talas to marry his son and decides Mr. Smith must go, so he has the man arrested to get him out of the way.
my story of growing up in a polygamous sect, becoming a teenage bride, and breaking free of Warren Jeffs
Wall, Elissa
2009
Elissa Wall discusses her life growing up as a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, the trials she endured after the polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs forced her to marry her cousin at the age of fourteen, events that led to her leaving the church, and her decision to testify against Jeffs when he was brought to trial on charges of arranging marriages between adult male followers and underage girls.