From a review of the book at BCDaily.com appears the Canadian media has an uncertain understanding of the FLDS, perhaps confusing it with the mainstream Mormons. In describing Bramham's "The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in a Polygamous Mormon Sect," the reviewer notes, "Daphne Bramham has been covering Mormonism and polygamy in both Utah and Bountiful for close to five years."

Bramham says of Winston Blackmore, leader of Bountiful group and a former follower of Warren Jeffs:

He’s quite charming and quite funny. And like some religious or political leaders, from the moment he meets you he’s looking for your weaknesses and looking at ways that he can expose them and exploit them.

And of his 22 wives:

The women really become the public face in a way because the men are so scared of being arrested. And these women, they’re so well-trained to tell you that they’re happy in this sort of sweet way.”

Her conclusion is that such polygamy should not be allowed to flourish amid the maple leaves: "It’s antithetical to Canadian society."