The Book of Mormon Girl by Joanna Brooks

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. 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. 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. 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. 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, 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. 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. In her sweet, funny, and impassioned memoir The Book of Mormon Girl, Joanna Brooks sheds light onto one of America's most fascinating but least understood religious traditions.

The Book of Mormon Girl by Joanna Brooks