tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428079.post3113625628062223772..comments2023-11-05T04:48:40.828-07:00Comments on Mormon Chronicles: Review: Udall, "The Lonely Polygamist" (reviewed by DeWayne Hafen)Clair Barrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11537853381222533640noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428079.post-76192321489595910242012-04-18T09:22:54.064-06:002012-04-18T09:22:54.064-06:00The Lonely Polygamist was one of those novels that...The Lonely Polygamist was one of those novels that are not easily forgotten. Although the novel is peppered with humorous situations, like Golden having to explain how gum ended up stuck in his nether-region, it also has moments of profound sadness, like when Golden reflects on the accidental death of his handicapped daughter, and others that would lead to serious spoilers. I thought, I would have an immediate dislike for Golden, being a polygamist, but instead I pitied him. Numerous wives and women and opportunities for sex, brought him no pleasure. He wandered from house to house, unable to remember the names of his children, unless he sang a little tune, and even being with his large family, he is a man unfulfilled, floundering in a life he was just not cut out for.Luxembourghttp://rantofimitation.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428079.post-8377104380691319592011-09-01T23:36:51.569-06:002011-09-01T23:36:51.569-06:00I think Trish sleeps with that guy she likes. I c...I think Trish sleeps with that guy she likes. I can't even think of his name. Remember she stayed with him for 5 days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428079.post-74904759310851634952011-02-11T23:23:38.042-07:002011-02-11T23:23:38.042-07:00Just read the book, and am wondering if you can cl...Just read the book, and am wondering if you can clear something up for me. Who the heck does Trish sleep with to get herself pregnant at the end of the book? I've tried and tried to go back and find this information with no luck. If you can help me, that would be great! - just post the answer back here please.Swanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428079.post-18590136827368499892010-06-06T14:26:52.214-06:002010-06-06T14:26:52.214-06:00Udall has said in various interviews that he's...Udall has said in various interviews that he's never watched an episode of Big Love, only seen a few minutes here and there. Besides, he had the story conceived and partially written before Big Love ever flickered on a TV screen; wrote a polygamy piece in 1998 for Esquire magazine.Strattonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428079.post-81399456377046499722010-06-06T10:47:15.239-06:002010-06-06T10:47:15.239-06:00Dennehy small? Like or dislike the film, he is not...Dennehy small? Like or dislike the film, he is not a small man. Yes, NOW, at 72, he is shorter (We all shrink as we age)but at one time he stood a full 6 foot 2. And then some.Susie Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14878113034866113803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428079.post-76051880300709499992010-06-06T09:59:54.649-06:002010-06-06T09:59:54.649-06:00Agreed that you may be the worst candidate to revi...Agreed that you may be the worst candidate to review this book, because this may be the worst review of the book I've read. I don't think most readers care about the small inaccuracies in facts...it is fiction, after all, and Udall acknowledged he had used places and times in history opportunistically. As a sidenote, Udall has also said the story is not about polygamy, but about family. He never intended or claimed to have written a comprehensive factual account of polygamy and all it entails.<br /><br />I say this was a largely missed opportunity for the Association of Mormon letters. That book holds a lot of great stuff that, I think, could touch many readers' hearts and minds.Kirknoreply@blogger.com