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A review by sde
The Bishop's Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison
3.0
Parts of this story were overblown - for example, finding the And some of the points about the restrictive nature of the Mormon Church were hammered on over and over again, making it a bit didactic.
However, the narration was good and I listened to the entire book in a few days. I kept putting it on whenever I had a chance. And I learned something about the Mormon Church, including that they believe that Eve made a difficult choice, but the correct one, when she chose to eat the apple.
I couldn't tell whether the author was a following of the Church or a former follower. She knew a lot, but it often sounded like she was bashing the religion. I looked her up, and discovered that she has been a practicing Mormon all her life. She graduated from Brigham Young at age 19, and then when on to Princeton to earn a PhD. That explained a lot - she loves her religion, but is extremely intelligent and has been taught to question, thus the mixed messages.
I didn't know what the deal was with the small story line about her son Kenneth that was never resolved, but when I went onto Goodreads, I saw that this is labeled as book #1 in a series, so maybe it will be part of her next book.
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body of Tobias's first wife. What did that add to the story, and the whole thing seemed far-fetched. In such a tight-knit community, wouldn't people be asking how she died?However, the narration was good and I listened to the entire book in a few days. I kept putting it on whenever I had a chance. And I learned something about the Mormon Church, including that they believe that Eve made a difficult choice, but the correct one, when she chose to eat the apple.
I couldn't tell whether the author was a following of the Church or a former follower. She knew a lot, but it often sounded like she was bashing the religion. I looked her up, and discovered that she has been a practicing Mormon all her life. She graduated from Brigham Young at age 19, and then when on to Princeton to earn a PhD. That explained a lot - she loves her religion, but is extremely intelligent and has been taught to question, thus the mixed messages.
I didn't know what the deal was with the small story line about her son Kenneth that was never resolved, but when I went onto Goodreads, I saw that this is labeled as book #1 in a series, so maybe it will be part of her next book.