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    For Time and All Eternities
    For Time and All Eternities
    For Time and All Eternities
    Audiobook9 hours

    For Time and All Eternities

    Written by Mette Ivie Harrison

    Narrated by Kirsten Potter

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    About this audiobook

    The Mormon church may have disavowed the polygamy it became so famous for in the 19th century, but for some Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints, "plural marriage" isn't just ancient history. Mormon bishop's wife Linda Wallheim is stunned to learn her son Kenneth has gotten engaged to a young woman from a polygamous family. Naomi Carter may have left the religion she grew up in, but the Carters will still be the Wallheims' in-laws once Kenneth and Naomi are married. Stephen Carter, Naomi's father and the patriarch of the Carter clan, invites the Wallheims over to the Carter family compound in the remote foothills of the mountains outside Salt Lake City. Stephen Carter wishes to extend an olive branch to his future in-laws, and introduce them to his five wives and twenty-two children. But Linda suspects he also wants to try to persuade the Wallheims that his way of life is truly righteous. From Linda's point of view, polygamy is an abhorrent practice, one that dehumanizes women and makes children vulnerable to unhealthy family structures. She and her husband, Kurt, arrive at the Carter compound braced for trouble-Linda has her eyes peeled for signs that Stephen's wives and children are unhappy or abused. Although she can't find concrete evidence of mistreatment, Linda's gut instinct tells her that something on the Carter family compound is deeply wrong. She can't quite put her finger on what-until it's too late, and one of the family members is found murdered. Afraid that Stephen Carter's unworldly, sequestered wives and children might suffer at the hands of investigating police, Linda vows to stay at the compound until the murderer is found and the survivors are safe. But even if she manages to do more good than harm with her snooping and interfering, Linda can't unsee what she has seen during her time at the Carters'-now, confronting the legacy of polygamy in her own Mormon family raises even more questions about her already shaky faith.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 10, 2017
    ISBN9781501938542
    For Time and All Eternities
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    Mette Ivie Harrison

    Mette Ivie Harrison has a PhD in Germanic literature and is the author of The Princess and the Hound; Mira, Mirror; and The Monster in Me. Of The Princess and the Bear, she says, "I never thought there would be a sequel to The Princess and the Hound, but when I read through the galleys, I realized that there was another book waiting in the story of the bear and the hound. In some ways, you might think of it more as a parallel novel than as a sequel, because it stands on its own as a new story. But who knows? Maybe I’ll look at these galleys and find another story demanding to be told." She lives with her family in Utah.

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    • 3/5
      Mette Ivie Harrison continues her engaging series in this third book to feature Linda Wallheim, a caring and compassionate Mormon bishop's wife who would nurture the world if given half the chance. In For Time and All Eternities, she explores not only polygamy but the November 2015 exclusion policy in which the Mormon Church took an unforgiving stance against the LGBT community within its ranks. Linda, her husband, and sons show a modern Mormon family facing challenges that we all must face-- except for Linda's penchant for solving murders. While Linda investigates, she sheds light on her faith, helping non-Mormons understand what her religion is all about. Being acquainted with the Mormon lifestyle has given me a great appreciation of Harrison's books, although I am certain that the devout have given her more grief than she ever thought possible. It's what the devout of all faiths do.Although the mystery is good in For Time and All Eternities, I thought it easily solved just by observing human behavior. Fan though I am of this series, I found this book to be too personal, that it dwelt too much on church matters. It's as though Harrison couldn't maintain a necessary degree of objectivity and it weakens the story she tells. There's no doubt about it. Mette Ivie Harrison is a very talented writer. She's also very brave for writing these books. I look forward to seeing what the future holds in store for her.
    • 4/5
      If you have a particular interest in plots involving polygamy, For Time and All Eternities could work as a stand-alone, but it’s actually the third book in this riveting Utah based mystery series featuring Linda Wallheim, the wife of a Mormon bishop. Linda is a great first person character, passionate about her family and committed to her faith, but not without serious questions about her church. In this book Linda becomes involved with a polygamous family when her son gets engaged to one of the daughters. The story also necessarily involves “the policy” about gay families which came to light in November 2015, because in an earlier book another of her sons came out as gay. That son is now on a mission and can’t be in close touch with his family, but he and his life are very much on his mother’s mind which helps drive the action. As in the previous books, this story has a strong murder mystery plot, but is also very much character driven. Though the Mormon religion is central to all of the books, you don’t need to be a Mormon or even religious to enjoy this series. Readers will learn a lot about Mormonism, which author Mette Ivie Harrison knows well through personal experience--she is a practicing Mormon herself--and research. Since it’s written with heart and passion, I wasn’t surprised to see that in an afterward Harrison admits this is her most personal book yet. I read a free advanced review copy of this book supplied to me by the publisher. Review opinions are mine.