This Is the Place - Softcover

Howard-Johnson, Carolyn

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1588513521 ISBN 13: 9781588513526

Publisher: Publishamerica Inc, 2001

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Sky Eccles has a father who is Mormon and a mother who is Protestant. Her father's roots go back to the founder of his church and the pioneers; her mother's roots are foggy and forgotten. Because she was born and raised with a double identity, Sky sees her surroundings in duplicate, like a Kodak color print sitting beside its own filmy negative. A new career in journalism is giving her clarity of vision

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"This is the Place," won Sime-Gen's Reviewers' Choice Award in the spring of 2001 and was named Top Ten Novels in the Preditor and Editors Readers' Poll that same year. AmErica House honored it for exceptional sales and a chapter from the book was a finalist in the prestigious Masters' Literary Award. Another was selected for inclusion in The Copperfield Review and one was a finalist in The New Millennium Review's annual contest. It was also an NUW Book Club selection and the author received their award of excellence for service.

From Library Journal:

Skylar Eccles is growing up in Utah as the child of a mixed marriage between a Mormon father and a Protestant mother. As a "half-breed," she faces constant, subtle pressure from her Mormon relatives to convert and witnesses her Protestant relatives' disdain for the Mormons. Sky's struggle with her belief in God and her place in life is offset by her grandmother Harriet's memories of converting to Mormonism and making a place for herself in her new community. Howard-Johnson strengthens her novel with behind-the-scenes details of Mormon life and history in a book suitable for all collections, particularly those where sf author Orson Scott Card's religious books are popular.
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