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Title: A Lost Argument

Subtitle: A Latter-Day Novel

Author: Therese Doucet

Narrator: Marlowe Harrison

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-10-12

Publisher: Strange Violin Editions

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The summer after her freshman year at all-Mormon Brigham Young University, Marguerite Farnsworth falls in love with philosophy by way of falling in love with an atheist philosophy student. Her search for Truth (with a capital T), God, the meaning of life, and a boyfriend leads her away from religious belief, but along the way she learns there are things even atheists can have faith in.

Members Reviews:

A book about faith, love, and philosophy.

The story follows college girl Marguerite as her devout Mormon faith founder against the edges of her new-found secular friends. The result is a challenging spiritual, mental, philosophical, and physical awakening that takes often unexpected turns.

First off as a freshman book I'll admit there are some rough edges to the narration. Exchanges between characters can be too story specific, lacking the discovery of natural conversation. That said there are breathtaking descriptions of scenery, and heartfelt personal admissions that only come from semi-autobiographical works; combined with the actual content of the conversations I ripped through the first half of the story as quickly as I could.

The second half of the book shifts abruptly into a journal format. I found myself missing the page turning nature of the first half. But what was exchanged for speed was made up for in depth and challenge. While I'll always remember the characters from the beginning it's the rest of the book that will stay with me for months and years to come.

Intriguing

This book was an intriguing, and sometimes painful, look at the struggle to find meaning in life, to find meaning in faith. Marguerite's inner turmoil was alternately completely relate-able, and completely frustrating to me. As I journeyed with her I wondered why she made the decisions she did. Why not ask for more help from friends and family? Why not seek professional medical help sooner? Why wait on a silent God? How can she keep having faith when she's not getting any answers? Why resign herself to a life devoid of happiness? I was both impressed with and frustrated by her tenacity.

Part 1 of the book was a great story, the characters were real and I could understand and sympathize with them. In part 2 it went from story form to diary form and I felt like it lost some of its narrative flow. I would have liked to read more about Marguerite's experiences overseas and in graduate school, especially as it was here that she came to a final resolution of the problem of faith.

Overall I would recommend this book, it's well-written, well-researched, and entertaining. It took the reader along on the journey to understand faith. I found myself pondering the role of faith in my own life and redefining and reaffirming my own core belief system.

Read the novel through its

Western, Victorian, and tapered resignations. There is depth of feeling and development of understanding in the adventures of this young woman, extant her sheltered beginnings. A philosopher's stone, a prophet's prose... There are many chuckles, blushes, and more questions upon questions which accompany the read, and linger on reflection...