New Mormon Books

Carol Lynch Williams, a Mormon, wrote The Chosen One, so readers ages 12 and up can follow the adventures of a teen-aged girl trapped in polygamy. Reviewer Jessica Bruder says the novel offers an emotional truth beyond the news stories of the raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Texas:

Bridge to Eldorado
By Glen Warchol
Salt Lake Crawler, Salt Lake Tribune Blogs, June 15th, 2009.
http://blogs.sltrib.com/slcrawler/index.php?p=819&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

In the book, Allred recounts his complicated life. He’s the grandson of murdered polygamist leader Rulon Allred, was born into a polygamist community in Montana. While learning to play at basketball’s highest level, Allred had to overcome a 75 percent hearing loss and obsessive compulsive disorder. He took speech therapy classes for 15 years and was the first player to publicly talk about legendary Utah coach Rick Majerus’ abuse of players.

Books: Allred’s long, strange journey to the NBA. Utahn’s stardom was preceded by life in a polygamist community.
By Tom Wharton.
The Salt Lake Tribune, 05/30/2009
http://www.sltrib.com/food/ci_12470989