Joe Darger
Joe Darger is a Utah-based author and businessman who became famous for espousing polygamy and his advocacy towards making polygamous families more acceptable.
Joe is a fundamentalist but independent Mormon who lives with his three wives, Valerie, Vicki, and Alina, alongside their twenty-five children. The family lives in a large home in the outskirts of Salt Lake County, where they live a life that combines modern city living with traditional values.
Darger’s wives, Vicki and Alina, whom he married on the same day in 1990, are cousins. This was a very uncommon practice that even polygamist communities frowned upon. In 2000, he got married to Vicki’s identical sister Valerie when she left another polygamous marriage.
For years, Joe Darger and his family kept to themselves since polygamy is illegal in the United States, and being in the public eye could result in legal ramifications. In 2011, Joe and the family went public to advocate for the decriminalization of polygamous marriages and to challenge stereotypes.
Joe Darger and his family have been featured in a range of media publications and are the inspiration for
Big Love, the HBO series. They have also appeared on
My Three Wives and other TLC specials.
Joe Darger remains one of the loudest voices advocating family rights, religious freedom, and a better understanding of polygamous families in modern America.
In 2011, Joe Darger published his novel
Love Times Three, a memoir in which he offers a look into his family life and polygamous marriage in Utah.
Told from different perspectives, it delves into their marriage, courtship, and the challenges of raising more than two dozen children in a polygamous family. They share their experiences as fundamentalist Mormons hoping to humanize polygamous unions even as they campaign for the decriminalization of plural unions.
It is a story that offers insights into the intricacies of plural families as it challenges stereotypes about polygamous lifestyles.
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Joe Darger: F.A.Q
What was the first book Joe Darger wrote?
The first book written by Joe Darger was Love Times Three: Our True Story of a Polygamous Marriage, published in 2011.
What was the most recent book Joe Darger wrote?
Their most recently released work was Love Times Three: Our True Story of a Polygamous Marriage on September 1st, 2011.
Will there be any more books by Joe Darger?
Joe Darger does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.
How many books has Joe Darger written?
Joe Darger has written 1 book. All of their books are Non-Fiction Books.