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Wednesday, March 26, 2025:
Fairfield Woods Branch Library will open at 1:00 pm and close at 8:00 pm for building maintenance.
Main Library will be open 9:00 am - 8:00 pm.

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The Lonely Polygamist

https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/08/23/the-lonely-polygamist/
Title: The Lonely Polygamist Author: Brady Udall Publisher: W.W. Norton, May 2010 Summary: Golden Richards is in a bit of a pickle. With four wives, 28 children and a failing construction business, he doesn’t see how he can lead his struggling brood through the next...

Escape

https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/06/09/escape/
Title: Escape Author:Carolyn Jessop Summary: When Carolyn was 18, she married Merril Jessop. She was his fourth wife. Fifteen years later, she took her eight children and fled, becoming the first woman to successfully win a custody case against a polygamist husband. In this...