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Don't You Marry the Mormon Boys
Janet Kay Jensen
Springville, UT: Bonneville Books, 2007
- Janet Kay Jensen: Author
Novel, Romance
Polygamy--Fiction; Mormons--Fiction; Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects--Fiction
The prospect of one wife is more than enough for Mormon (LDS) bachelor Andy McBride, until he falls for fellow medical student Louisa Martin—a product of polygamy, a way of life Andy cannot embrace and Louisa cannot escape.
Can a man and a woman from two antagonistic cultures (mainstream Mormon vs. fundamentalist polygamist) overcome the daunting barriers that would deny them a life together? What sacrifices will each have to make in order to be together? What impact will their choices have on family, friends, and even whole communities?
Andy yearns to share every facet of his life with Louisa, including his medical practice, and dreams of having a family with her. The consequences of this union would be major, however, as the two come from cultures that are mutually antagonistic. Each will have to sacrifice in order for them to have a life together. Are these sacrifices too great? The reader will finish the last page with a greater knowledge of the two cultures and belief systems, compassion and tolerance for different beliefs, and hope that in the end, love and acceptance can change hearts.
Set in the striking red mountains of southern Utah, cosmopolitan Salt Lake City, the rural Smoky Mountain region of Kentucky and the beautiful, forest and lake-studded country of Finland, Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys deals with engaging characters from two opposing lifestyles with honesty and humor.
Winner of the 2007 Marilyn Brown Novel Award, Association for Mormon Letters
BX 8688.3 .J4535do 2007