"Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like...

"Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is famous for speaking the gospel truth. Whether as a businesswoman, mother, or television personality, she is unafraid to blaze a new trail, even if it means losing family, friends, and her community. Born and bred to be devout, Heather based her life around her faith. She attended Brigham Young University, served a mission in France, and married into Mormon royalty in the temple. But...

"This intimate record lays bare one person's experience growing up in a rural Mormon community and struggling to reconcile his sexual orientation with the religious doctrine of his childhood. Weaving together prose, poetry, and stories scrawled on the margins of high school notebooks, Jonathan T. Bailey encounters truth-seeing owls, anachronistic gourds, and the hard-edged realities of family and church. In When I Was Red Clay, he navigates desert...

Explore the life of one of the most compelling figures in American history, as religious leader, governor, isolationist, polygamist, and business leader, as he led his people from Missouri and Illinois to a new home in Utah.

"I Spoke to You with Silence" is a collection of original essays and previously published writing that first appeared on blogs and social media outlets where self-identifying Mormons of marginalized genders share their thoughts anonymously without risking friendships, their marriages, their standing in the church, or their lives"--Provided by publisher.

In 1825, in rural Pennsylvania, Emma Hale marries an itinerant treasure-digger-turned-prophet who becomes the founder of the Mormon religion, and when he adopts polygamy, angering the American people, her life and faith are fractured.