Who am I to give a book a rating that is supposed to mean something to someone else?
What I can say is that I loved this book. Full disclosure, I knowWho am I to give a book a rating that is supposed to mean something to someone else?
What I can say is that I loved this book. Full disclosure, I know Scott, I've been hearing about this book for years, I know some of the stories from other venues. I'm a disaffected mormon who loves many mormons. I'm brotherless. Scott calls this a fraternal meditation. It unpacks issues involved with family, love, mormonism, religion in general, homosexuality, culture, and familial -- especially fraternal love. Scott's interlocutors are alive and terrifying in their critique of his narrative. His own voice is terrifyingly honest. He exposes what culture and well meaning love can do to humans who cannot live in that culture as themselves, and how insidious such attempts to shuttle us into little boxes can be. How deadly, in this case. I wish I was writer enough to convey how beautiful this book is. I am anxious to begin my first re-read....more
Brent gave me a copy of this book back when we both worked for Novell, Inc in the GroupWise division. He wrote something on the jacket (I'm too lazy tBrent gave me a copy of this book back when we both worked for Novell, Inc in the GroupWise division. He wrote something on the jacket (I'm too lazy to go find it now) like "beware, you may be getting in over your head). Some of the stories in this book proved to begin to unravel my tightly held, but fraying belief in mormonism. Brent, you're so naughty!
The homey narratives from the turn of the century depict life in a simple, slower time, even as they decry the change into one of bustle and cultural The homey narratives from the turn of the century depict life in a simple, slower time, even as they decry the change into one of bustle and cultural change. ...more