Fifty Years in Polygamy: Big Secrets and Little White Lies

Uncensored, Fifty Years in Polygamy: Big Secrets and Little White Lies describes a life of religious submission, lies, secrets, poverty, abuse, jealousy, depression, and loneliness. The gripping, detailed events in this book are shocking, but will inspire compassion, understanding, and perhaps even the courage to change a life.

Kristyn Decker is the 12th child of her polygamous father’s 23 biological children. At age 17, she became the first of her husband’s two wives in 1970. She ended her marriage in the fall of 2002. While raising her seven children in polygamy, she taught for 18 years in a church school. When her last child was 4, she started college courses.