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Band Of Sisters (2010)

by Annette Lyon(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1598118528 (ISBN13: 9781598118520)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Covenant Communications, Incorporated

series

Band Of Sisters

review 1: Sometimes I just wander the fiction aisles at the library and randomly grab books. This was one of them. Clean, easy read but I felt like the voice of each sister was similar. The author gave them different circumstances and such, but they all globbed together in my mind. Plus I hate when LDS authors throw the "Mormon women must have lots of babies" stereotype because its just not true. Yes we are pro-family and pro-having-children but we do not believe there is a set number of children you must have or that if you don't have many you will be looked down upon. I hate when LDS Writers support stereotypes by putting them into their books. K, enough of that rant. Sorry ;)
review 2: At first, I thought this book came across too much as a "goody-goody" Mormon tale, ... morecomplete with everybody living in the "happy valley" of Utah County to the wives only drinking ice water with their lunches. (I think one time someone might have had a Sprite!) But as I read further into it, I realized that these women did not have picture perfect lives, marriages,or children. I think Annette Lyon did a good job of making these women real. Yes they were all temple worthy Mormon wives, trying to survive while their husbands were deployed to Afghanistan, but they each faced challenges and heartaches that could have completely defeated them. What they did have was each other, a friendship that was so strong that help was always there with whatever was needed. (I wonder how realistic that really is?) Still, I am only giving the book three stars because it was a very superficial look into their lives, and was written as "Mormon fiction," which usually deserves about 3 stars. less

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