Imagined first-person narrative offers intimate insight into Emma Smith's inner world
Fictionalized memoir provides a compassionate reexamination of a controversial historical figure
Traces the life of Emma Smith from meeting Joseph Smith through their marriage and martyrdom
Engages readers with emotional storytelling and historical context
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Told in Emma Smith's own imagined voice, this fictionalized memoir traces her life from meeting Joseph Smith through their marriage, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, relentless persecution, the deaths of several children, the martyrdom at Carthage, and her long, bitter years in Nauvoo. Emma pleads with the reader not to condemn her