Salt Lake Tribune guest columnist Natalie Brown serves up a summer reading list for Latter-day Saints with novels that focus on authentic Mormon characters.
Tim Wirkus’ debut novel follows two missionaries through a Latin American neighborhood as they investigate the disappearance of a recent convert. Awarded the 2014 prize for Best Novel by the Association for Mormon Letters, this thriller takes a hard look at the potentially dangerous realities of missionary life and the mysteries that lie behind the lives of members whom we think we know.
Twila Newey’s lyrical book is the only novel I have read that captures my experience as a contemporary Latter-day Saint woman. I did not recognize the extent to which I felt unseen in literature until reading her text. Newey follows four sisters as they gather for their mother’s funeral and process the different paths they have chosen.
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