Mormon Girl

Author : Joanna Brooks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451699692

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The Book of Mormon Girl by Joanna Brooks Pdf

From her days of feeling like “a root beer among the Cokes”—Coca-Cola being a forbidden fruit for Mormon girls like her—Joanna Brooks always understood that being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints set her apart from others. But, in her eyes, that made her special; the devout LDS home she grew up in was filled with love, spirituality, and an emphasis on service. With Marie Osmond as her celebrity role model and plenty of Sunday School teachers to fill in the rest of the details, Joanna felt warmly embraced by the community that was such an integral part of her family. But as she grew older, Joanna began to wrestle with some tenets of her religion, including the Church’s stance on women’s rights and homosexuality. In 1993, when the Church excommunicated a group of feminists for speaking out about an LDS controversy, Joanna found herself searching for a way to live by the leadings of her heart and the faith she loved. The Book of Mormon Girl is a story about leaving behind the innocence of childhood belief and embracing the complications and heartbreaks that come to every adult life of faith. Joanna’s journey through her faith explores a side of the religion that is rarely put on display: its humanity, its tenderness, its humor, its internal struggles. In Joanna’s hands, the everyday experience of being a Mormon—without polygamy, without fundamentalism—unfolds in fascinating detail. With its revelations about a faith so often misunderstood and characterized by secrecy, The Book of Mormon Girl is a welcome advocate and necessary guide.

Author : Tara Westover
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443452502

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Educated by Tara Westover Pdf

For readers of The Glass Castle and Wild, a stunning new memoir about family, loss and the struggle for a better future #1 International Bestseller Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a classroom. Instead of traditional lessons, she grew up learning how to stew herbs into medicine, scavenging in the family scrap yard and helping her family prepare for the apocalypse. She had no birth certificate and no medical records and had never been enrolled in school. Westover’s mother proved a marvel at concocting folk remedies for many ailments. As Tara developed her own coping mechanisms, little by little, she started to realize that what her family was offering didn’t have to be her only education. Her first day of university was her first day in school—ever—and she would eventually win an esteemed fellowship from Cambridge and graduate with a PhD in intellectual history and political thought.

Author : Joanna Brooks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451699685

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The Book of Mormon Girl by Joanna Brooks Pdf

Story about leaving behind the innocence of childhood belief and embracing the complications and heartbreaks that come to every adult life of faith. Explores the author's journey through her faith, and the experience of being a Mormon.

Author : Kari Iroz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Las Vegas (Nev.)
ISBN : 1524402737

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Mormon Girl by Kari Iroz Pdf

Jacklyn "Jack" Wyatt is just your average Mormon girl--other than her brief stint with the FBI, her subsequent brush with death, and her dreamy boyfriend, Special Agent Damon Wade. But for the last eight months, Jack's life has returned to its mostly stagnant state. So when Damon heads to las Vegas on assignment, Jack sees the perfect opportunity to surprise her boyfriend. She is the one surprised, however, when she finds herself in the middle of a high-stakes operation involving Russian criminals. Unwittingly drawn undercover once more, Jack is all too aware that the survival of Damon and his associates depend on the success of her charade. In the unfamiliar world of nightclubs and gambling, Jack must convince the high-rolling hustlers that she is a terrifying international arms dealer. If only she knew anything about poker--or guns.

Author : Helga Meyer,Lark Evans Galli
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781475982794

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Under a Leafless Tree by Helga Meyer,Lark Evans Galli Pdf

Nobody was there. Nobody had time. We know how it is when the bombs are falling, and something is burning, and somebody dies. Excerpt from Under a Leafless Tree I felt like I was eavesdropping on an exciting and intimate conversation and I didnt want to stop listening! Werner Bell You will feel like you are living Helgas adventures. You will enter her thoughts and gain insights into your own challenges. AJM A wonderfully crafted and engaging narrative! Helga Meyer captivated us with her story. A remarkable life, punctuated with marvelous photographs. Jill Mulvay Derr Former President of the Mormon History Association Professor of History This book is an incredible find. Whats most extraordinary is that she does not dwell on the negative or morose elements of her story. An easy and engrossing read. James Marsh Her story leaves you thinking that maybe goodness and resilience arent quite as rare as we thought, and perhaps were all a little stronger than we know. Anne Woolstenhulme

Author : McArthur Krishna,Bethany Brady Spalding,Kathleen B. Peterson
Publisher : Ensign Peak
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-18
Category : Women in the Bible
ISBN : 1609078829

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Girls Who Choose God by McArthur Krishna,Bethany Brady Spalding,Kathleen B. Peterson Pdf

Author : Sandra Dallas
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466802247

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True Sisters by Sandra Dallas Pdf

In a novel based on true events, New York Times bestselling author Sandra Dallas delivers the story of four women---seeking the promise of salvation and prosperity in a new land---who come together on a harrowing journey. In 1856, Mormon converts, encouraged by Brigham Young himself, and outfitted with two-wheeled handcarts, set out on foot from Iowa City to Salt Lake City, the promised land. The Martin Handcart Company, a ragtag group of weary families headed for Zion, is the last to leave on this 1,300-mile journey. Three companies that left earlier in the year have completed their trek successfully, but for the Martin Company the trip proves disastrous. True Sisters tells the story of four women from the British Isles traveling in this group. Four women whose lives will become inextricably linked as they endure unimaginable hardships, each one testing the boundaries of her faith and learning the true meaning of survival and friendship along the way. There's Nannie, who is traveling with her sister and brother-in-law after being abandoned on her wedding day. There's Louisa, who's married to an overbearing church leader who she believes speaks for God. There's Jessie, who's traveling with her brothers, each one of them dreaming of the farm they will have in Zion. And finally, there's Anne, who hasn't converted to Mormonism but who has no choice but to follow her husband since he has sold everything to make the trek to Utah. Sandra Dallas has once again written a moving portrait of women surviving the unimaginable through the ties of female friendship. Her rich storytelling will leave you breathless as you take this trip with Nannie, Louisa, Jessie, and Anne. This is Sandra Dallas at her absolute best.

Author : Deborah Laake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Ex-church members
ISBN : 0285631918

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Secret Ceremonies by Deborah Laake Pdf

Author : Ellen Hopkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442494619

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Burned by Ellen Hopkins Pdf

Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer, where she temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.

Author : Maureen Ursenbach Beecher,Lavina Fielding Anderson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 0252062965

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Sisters in Spirit by Maureen Ursenbach Beecher,Lavina Fielding Anderson Pdf

This book of essays about Mormon women, all written and edited by scholars who are themselves Mormon women, is a brave and important work. Readers will fully appreciate just how brave and important it really is, however, if they can see how this work of historical theology fits into the history of historical writing about Mormon women, as well as how it fits into Mormon history itself. "The women who contributed to this book are among the best of the Mormon literati . . . they] hold that there is hope within the church for change, for reform, for expansion of the place of women." -- Women's Review of Books "Historians of women in America have a great deal to learn from the history of Mormon women. This fine set of essays provides an excellent introduction to a subject about which we should all know more." -- Anne Firor Scott, author of Making the Invisible Woman Visible.

Author : Julie L. Spencer
Publisher : Love Letters
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1797414151

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Who Wants to Marry a Mormon Girl?: Love Letters Series Book One by Julie L. Spencer Pdf

You will love this sweet and clean romance. One elegant leading lady and twenty hot guys. What could possibly go wrong?Michelle knew she wouldn't meet her forever husband on a reality dating show. This was just for fun. You never know what might happen when surrounded by twenty hot guys, none of whom shared her values.Running from his past, Ashton rides the waves to the pinnacle of his career as a professional surfer. He's just arrogant enough to think he stands a chance with the elegant leading lady playing the part of bachelorette on the dating show, Love Letters.Until he figures out she's a Mormon. Even before he makes the mistake of calling her out in front of the other guys he knows she'll never choose him. Good girls don't choose bad boys and there was no way he could hide his secrets from Michelle. Or could he?

Author : Levi S. Peterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0874805120

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Juanita Brooks by Levi S. Peterson Pdf

Author : Elna Baker
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101148778

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The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker Pdf

"A wickedly funny debut. Baker is both self-absorbed and generous, whip-smart and naïve; she apologizes for none of it."—People It's lonely being a Mormon in New York City. Every year, Elna Baker attends the New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance. This year, her Queen Bee costume (which involves a funnel stinger stuck to her butt) isn't attracting the attention she'd anticipated. So once again, Elna finds herself alone, standing at the punch bowl, stocking up on Oreos, a virgin in a room full of thirty-year-old virgins doing the Funky Chicken. But loneliness is nothing compared to what Elna feels when she loses eighty pounds, finds herself suddenly beautiful... and in love with an atheist. Brazenly honest, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance is Elna Baker's hilarious and heartfelt chronicle of her attempt to find love in a city full of strangers and see if she can steer clear of temptation and just get by on God.

Author : Ivan J. Barrett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : WISC:89073121410

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Heroic Mormon Women by Ivan J. Barrett Pdf

Author : Paula Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : American fiction
ISBN : PRNC:32101068177417

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The Mormon Girl by Paula Brown Pdf