Dawn visits remote Arizona to try to gain access to an extraordinary town where all the families live a polygamous lifestyle. Dawn moves in with a prosperous family of three wives and some 20 children, witnessing first-hand some of the positives and negatives of this unusual arrangement.
Then Dawn gets a husband's point of view, meeting a man living in the desert with his two wives and children as he seeks wife number three. Talking to the women and children in this modest setting, Dawn discovers the sacrifices people make for this uncoventional way of life.
'The minus side is jealousy,' says Dawn at the end of her trip. 'But there is a plus side too, a growing sense of companionship and mutual help - especially when times get tough.'
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