Curt Schleier, The Minnesota Star Tribune

Once she turned 13, author Pamela Jones’ marriage clock began ticking, as the Twin Cities resident writes in “The Dirt Beneath Our Door”: “I was expected to become a wife in the next few years and fulfill my mission to produce as many children as possible for my husband’s posterity.”

Jones was born into the Church of the First Born of the Fullness of Time a polygamous sect based in Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as Rina, she was the 11th of her father’s 62 children, by the third of his 11 wives.

At first glance, that may sound as though it has the makings of a Monty Python skit. But there’s nothing funny here. Once past my disbelief, “Dirt” left feelings of sadness, anger and pity.

Jones’ mother, also Pamela, was a loving, caring mom trapped in an en

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