First published 2025
Christine Brown Woolley grew up in Utah among practicing polygamists, dreaming of the perfect plural family. In 1994, she became Kody Brown's third wife and believed she had found her ideal life. When TLC's Sister Wives began filming in 2010, Christine saw an opportunity to showcase polygamy's positive aspects: the mutual support, vibrant conversations, and deep family bonds. The cameras captured those moments, but they also exposed darker realities Christine hadn't anticipated. This memoir chronicles her departure from the Mormon church and her decision to build a new life outside everything she had known. Christine reveals the personal struggles that led to her transformation from devoted sister wife to independent woman. She examines both the joys and difficulties of plural marriage while documenting her path toward self-discovery and freedom.
Genres: family-life, autobiography, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, polygamy
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, self-discovery
Setting: Utah
Period: 1994, 2010
320 pages · Hardcover · Gallery Books
Content warnings: abuse, domestic-violence