Before the Dawn - Hardcover

Dean Hughes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590387880 ISBN 13: 9781590387887

Publisher: Deseret Book Company, 2007

Synopsis

When the bishop calls Leah Sorensen to be Relief Society president, her first impulse is to assume he's joking. "They'd all vote against me if you put my name up," she tells him, "and I'd vote with them." She's prickly and proud, a farm widow who doesn't get along with the town women at all. Why would the Lord want her? Because it's 1932, the depth of the Great Depression, and, as the bishop tells Leah: "You lost your husband and you didn't give up. You know how to survive hard times, and some women in our ward don't. I'm not looking for a nice church lady right now. I'm looking for someone with some grit, and that's what you've got." But will frit be enough when the opposition begins?

About this title

About the Author:

Dean Hughes has published over ninety books for readers of all ages, including the popular Children of the Promise and Hearts of the Children series. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington and has attended post-doctoral seminars at Stanford and Yale Universities. He has taught English at Brigham Young University. His most recent books include Saboteur: A Novel of Love and War and All Moms Go to Heaven. Dean and his wife, Kathleen Hurst Hughes, have three children and nine grandchildren and live in Midway, Utah.

About this edition

• Publisher: Deseret Book Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1590387880
• ISBN 13: 9781590387887
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336