For Time and All Eternities
Mette Ivie Harrison
ISBN: 9781616958664
Published: January, 2017
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Paperback $15.95
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Description
Mormon bishop’s wife Linda Wallheim couldn’t be more surprised to learn that her son Kenneth is engaged. Kenneth has left the Mormon church, and met his fiancée, med student Naomi Carter, at a “Mormons Anonymous” meeting. Naomi was also raised Mormon—but her family belongs to a group that practices polygamy. Naomi’s father, S...
Mormon bishop’s wife Linda Wallheim couldn’t be more surprised to learn that her son Kenneth is engaged. Kenneth has left the Mormon church, and met his fiancée, med student Naomi Carter, at a “Mormons Anonymous” meeting. Naomi was also raised Mormon—but her family belongs to a group that practices polygamy. Naomi’s father, Stephen, invites the Wallheims to visit the family compound. Though Stephen and his five wives seem to live
normal, modern lives, Linda can’t shake the feeling that the family dynamics are off. When tensions on the compound escalate to murder, Linda delves into the many Carter family secrets to find the killer.
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“Sane, wise, likable . . . [The] solution is nicely surprising, and Linda has an engrossing voice, at once modest and assured.”
—Charles Finch, USA Today
“A stunning contemporary mystery set in Mormon country . . . [Harrison] easily transports readers into a world most will find as unfamiliar as a foreign country. ”
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Harrison’s mystery also offers a fascinating insider’s look at a faith that is strange and mysterious to outsiders. Linda’s struggle to accept church doctrines is an issue to which many readers can relate. Highly recommended.”
–Library Journal on For Time and All Eternities
“An exciting and well-crafted mystery.”
–MysteryPeople, Pick of the Month, on For Time and All Eternities
“Totally spellbinding! I couldn't read quickly enough.”
–Fresh Fiction on For Time and All Eternities
“Plural marriage in Harrison’s hands is not like it is on Sister Wives or Big Love; nor is it like reading about the Jeffs family or other extreme fundamentalist Mormon families (despite the compound; I guess they all need compounds). It’s a nuanced imagining of what it might be like to have made that choice; each wife has different reasons for living in a plural marriage and a distinct personality.”