Kristen Carson

These are short stories about two Mormon Families the Runyons and the Feldsteds, two Mormon families in 1970s Maryland. The stories catch the human side of these families trying to live there faith with all their faults and good points. They made me think about what would I do in there place and what I should do. It has a sense of humor and a sense of realism in them.
The first story is The Gilded Door. It deals with a movie house turned to showing XXX movies. They try and do something about it. I hate the end picture but it happens over and over again.

Follow Me, Boys shows how not following the advice of safety of dating can really have bad consequences. How scared to have a teen just take off with someone she just met. As a mother you worry about your girls making right choices and being safe.

These stories are told in a way that keeps you wanting to see what happens next in there lives.

I was given this ebook to read and in return I agreed to give honest review and be part of The Boxford Stories blog tour.… (plus d'informations)

In 1970's Maryland, the landscape is rapidly changing. Particularly for transplants from the Western United States. In this collection of short stories, the tales of some Mormon families is shared as they work their way through their own lives. Each family has different things to deal with, but they each have a connecting thread through their faith and the area that they live in. Some things may change, but these families will make sure that they make it through together.

I have come to have an appreciation for short stories as I've gotten older. They allow for me to get an entire contained story in one sitting. This collection of tales did a great job of that. I felt like they were complete stories in and of themselves, but they also had threads of characters that connected them throughout. I did find the first story a little hard to get in to, but once everything settled down I enjoyed the stories greatly.

I think one of my favorite ones was actually the second story. In it, one man is contemplating the replacement of the current Stake President. Any LDS person knows this is a pretty big deal, and I found this story to be so real. Everything that the characters were doing and saying felt like people I knew. These stories manage to tell a story about certain people in a certain period of time, but they also feel universal at the same time. I greatly enjoyed these stories which I feel were simultaneously a slice of life and a slice of faith.

Book provided for review.… (plus d'informations)