"Christine Brown Woolley grew up in Utah with a dad and two moms, in a polygamist community called the Apostolic United Brethren. When she became an adult, she joined a polygamist marriage as a third wife, helped raise more than a dozen kids, and became co-star of the TLC reality show Sister Wives. Fast forward to 2025, and she has left her marriage and her polygamist faith."
"This week, she talks to Anna about the pros and cons of her former lifestyle, how being on a reality show helped her family to confront and process conflicts, and why she's so happy being re-married and monogamous. Her new memoir is Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom. This episode was produced by Cameron Drews. Get more Death, Sex & Money with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of DSM and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts."
Christine Brown Woolley grew up in Utah with a dad and two moms in the Apostolic United Brethren. She entered a polygamist marriage as a third wife, helped raise more than a dozen children, and co-starred on the TLC reality show Sister Wives. She left her marriage and her polygamist faith in 2025. She weighed the pros and cons of that former lifestyle and credited reality television with helping the family confront and process conflicts. She is now happily remarried and monogamous. She published a memoir titled Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom.
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