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Wives and Sisters

by Natalie R Collins



      Allison Jensen is raised in a Mormon household by parents who strictly adhere to their religion. She learned at the age of six that any questions in life should not be asked because they are never answered. At six, while playing in the woods near their home with her friend Cindy, they are accosted by a bearded stranger. Holding them at gunpoint, he orders them to take off their clothes. He grabs Cindy, and Allison runs off. She never sees Cindy again. Her parents and the community respond to this incident with a wall of silence, but she is haunted by this. She is told that members of the flock are expected to accept and not question the word of God as interpreted by the Priesthood. The community leaders cover up the actions of a sexual predator. At the age of eighteen, Allison leaves home, vowing never to return to the Mormon Church. She cannot reconcile a life of tyranny and torment from her father with the standards dictated by the Church. She endeavors to find a life for herself.

This is a gripping story of a courageous woman who questions what she had been taught and struggles to survive. It is a great portrayal of what it is like to be born in a Mormon family. The story is compelling, painfully realistic with plenty of action. This is a book that is hard to put down and is food for thought with its commentary about the nature of the Mormon Church. It is definitely not a book to be taken lightly.

The Book

St Martins Press
March 7, 2006
Paperback
0312933665
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The Reviewer

Barbara Buhrer
Reviewed 2006
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