Books like Keep sweet by Michele Greene
Alva is nine years shy of fifteen when she confronts the rigid rules that govern her life in Pineridge, a walled community where her father’s seven wives raise thirty‑one children. Driven by a forbidden affection, Alva’s first innocent kiss leads to an arranged marriage with a violent, fifty‑year‑old man. The novel explores the tension between personal desire and communal expectations in a polygamous, Mormon settlement.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Coming of Age/Teen Coming of Age
Authors: Michele Greene
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