Virginia Sorensen: Pioneering Mormon Author
Autor Stephen Carteren Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 mar 2023 – vârsta ani
Who is Virginia Sorensen? How did a girl who grew up in a tiny Utah town in the 1920s become a globetrotting, award-winning author? And why has she been forgotten?
Though she wrote them four generations ago, Sorensen’s novels are more urgent today than ever, addressing issues both Mormons and former Mormons grapple with. Her body of work is a treasure trove of insight, compassion, and storytelling waiting to be rediscovered.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781560854586
ISBN-10: 1560854588
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: SIGNATURE BOOKS INC
Colecția Signature Books
ISBN-10: 1560854588
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: SIGNATURE BOOKS INC
Colecția Signature Books
Notă biografică
Stephen Carter is a three-time winner of an Association for Mormon Letters Award: once for his personal essay “The Calling,” once for iPlates: Prophets, Priests, Rebels, and Kings (a graphic novel adaptation of Mosiah chapters from the Book of Mormon, co-authored and illustrated by Jett Atwood), and once for Moth & Rust: Mormon Encounters with Death (Signature Books, 2017), which he compiled and edited. He is director of publications for the Sunstone Education Foundation and has a PhD in narrative studies. He lives with his family in Orem, Utah.
Cuprins
Introduction
1: Her Life Begins
2: Her Career Begins
3: Her Career Begins Again
4: She Diversifies
5: She Travels ... and Meets Alec
6: Her Best and Worst Years
7: Her Career Ends ... and Is Remembered
8: Mormonism's "New Pioneers"
9: Her Novels
10: Her Children's Novels
Epilogue
Index
1: Her Life Begins
2: Her Career Begins
3: Her Career Begins Again
4: She Diversifies
5: She Travels ... and Meets Alec
6: Her Best and Worst Years
7: Her Career Ends ... and Is Remembered
8: Mormonism's "New Pioneers"
9: Her Novels
10: Her Children's Novels
Epilogue
Index
Descriere
In the 1940s she was a New York Times bestselling author—of Mormon novels. In the 1950s she won a Newbery Medal, the highest honor in children’s literature. But today, hardly anyone knows her name.
Who is Virginia Sorensen? How did a girl who grew up in a tiny Utah town in the 1920s become a globetrotting, award-winning author? And why has she been forgotten?
Though she wrote them four generations ago, Sorensen’s novels are more urgent today than ever, addressing issues both Mormons and former Mormons grapple with. Her body of work is a treasure trove of insight, compassion, and storytelling waiting to be rediscovered.
Who is Virginia Sorensen? How did a girl who grew up in a tiny Utah town in the 1920s become a globetrotting, award-winning author? And why has she been forgotten?
Though she wrote them four generations ago, Sorensen’s novels are more urgent today than ever, addressing issues both Mormons and former Mormons grapple with. Her body of work is a treasure trove of insight, compassion, and storytelling waiting to be rediscovered.