Bountiful

Told from different points of view, Bountiful deftly takes you inside the minds and hearts of a mother and daughter whose perspectives will seem both familiar and new.

With all five of her children now grown, devout Mormon and lifelong homemaker Nedra Walker is surprised to find her ambitions ignited by an open seat representing Bountiful in the Utah state legislature - an unexpected political turn after decades of domestic life. Nedra's second daughter, Heather - single, nearing thirty, and freshly returned to Utah after years away for graduate school - is pulled into her mother's campaign for office. But despite her best efforts, Heather's progressive political stances create ongoing conflicts with her mother and threaten her first real (and, she worries, her last) chance for a successful LDS marriage. All of which makes Heather question what she really wants anyway.

Charming, sympathetic, and spiritually insightful, Bountiful is an insider perspective on family and faith, with Nedra and Heather each forced to decide what is worth fighting to change and what is ultimately worth fighting to hold on to.

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Bountiful

Told from different points of view, Bountiful deftly takes you inside the minds and hearts of a mother and daughter whose perspectives will seem both familiar and new.

With all five of her children now grown, devout Mormon and lifelong homemaker Nedra Walker is surprised to find her ambitions ignited by an open seat representing Bountiful in the Utah state legislature - an unexpected political turn after decades of domestic life. Nedra's second daughter, Heather - single, nearing thirty, and freshly returned to Utah after years away for graduate school - is pulled into her mother's campaign for office. But despite her best efforts, Heather's progressive political stances create ongoing conflicts with her mother and threaten her first real (and, she worries, her last) chance for a successful LDS marriage. All of which makes Heather question what she really wants anyway.

Charming, sympathetic, and spiritually insightful, Bountiful is an insider perspective on family and faith, with Nedra and Heather each forced to decide what is worth fighting to change and what is ultimately worth fighting to hold on to.

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Bountiful

Bountiful

by Charity Shumway
Bountiful

Bountiful

by Charity Shumway

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Overview

Told from different points of view, Bountiful deftly takes you inside the minds and hearts of a mother and daughter whose perspectives will seem both familiar and new.

With all five of her children now grown, devout Mormon and lifelong homemaker Nedra Walker is surprised to find her ambitions ignited by an open seat representing Bountiful in the Utah state legislature - an unexpected political turn after decades of domestic life. Nedra's second daughter, Heather - single, nearing thirty, and freshly returned to Utah after years away for graduate school - is pulled into her mother's campaign for office. But despite her best efforts, Heather's progressive political stances create ongoing conflicts with her mother and threaten her first real (and, she worries, her last) chance for a successful LDS marriage. All of which makes Heather question what she really wants anyway.

Charming, sympathetic, and spiritually insightful, Bountiful is an insider perspective on family and faith, with Nedra and Heather each forced to decide what is worth fighting to change and what is ultimately worth fighting to hold on to.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781948218382
Publisher: By Common Consent Press
Publication date: 09/22/2020
Pages: 392
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Charity Shumway received an MFA in Creative Writing from Oregon State University and a BA in English from Harvard University. After graduate school, she spent nine months reporting on the 50th anniversary of Glamour’s "Top Ten College Women" contest. Her writing has appeared in Glamour, Ladies Home Journal, Fitness, and Garden Design, and her short fiction has been honored by Glimmer Train and Slice magazine, among others. She lives with her husband in Brooklyn, New York. 
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