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Title: Secret Ceremonies
Subtitle: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond
Author: Deborah Laake
Narrator: Meredith MacRae
Format: Abridged
Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-02-09
Publisher: Phoenix Books
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 52 votes
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
From there her life began to disintegrate. Divorced by age 20 from a man she never loved, barred from the Mormon temple and threatened with excommunication, she found her depression deepening. Still trying to live up to the church's expectations, she married again, unaware that the resulting mental illness would propel her into a hospital ward of unabashed psychotics. It was there, among the truly unconventional, that she somehow recognized a modern world beckoning to her from beyond the closed patriarchal society that had always sheltered her yet kept her from true maturity.
Critic Reviews:
"A candid, often startling memoir of the author's life as a Mormon wife....an affectingly personal look into the well-guarded citadel of Mormondom." (Kirkus Reviews)
Members Reviews:
Short and Entertaining
The first part of the book covers the authors life dealing with her Mormon beliefs. That part was interesting and insightful into the Mormon beliefs and religion. As the book continues I realized that the author, although likeable, is really troubled beyond her religion. It was an entertaining listen in a soap opera way, but not the sort of book that I would generally read.
Well-written; not what I expected
The story of the author is interesting. I felt like the title was a bit misleading. There was not as much about the religion as I expected. This was more of a biography. Performance was very good, I just started to lose interest in the story about halfway through.
Nonacceptance of dogma
Beautiful, authentic experience of a woman questioning her circumstances. Inspiration for everyone questioning an authority in their lives.
Blame
I wish the narrator had made an effort to pronounce words correctly. Additionally, it appears the author wishes to blame the LDS Church for her own family disfunction. Seriously a father buying condoms and giving washing instructions? I would guess the church was not the contributing factor to her emotional struggles.
Not what I expected.
this is more a sad life story than the story of the "secret Ceremonies".
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Title: Secret Ceremonies
Subtitle: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond
Author: Deborah Laake
Narrator: Meredith MacRae
Format: Abridged
Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-02-09
Publisher: Phoenix Books
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 52 votes
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
From there her life began to disintegrate. Divorced by age 20 from a man she never loved, barred from the Mormon temple and threatened with excommunication, she found her depression deepening. Still trying to live up to the church's expectations, she married again, unaware that the resulting mental illness would propel her into a hospital ward of unabashed psychotics. It was there, among the truly unconventional, that she somehow recognized a modern world beckoning to her from beyond the closed patriarchal society that had always sheltered her yet kept her from true maturity.
Critic Reviews:
"A candid, often startling memoir of the author's life as a Mormon wife....an affectingly personal look into the well-guarded citadel of Mormondom." (Kirkus Reviews)
Members Reviews:
Short and Entertaining
The first part of the book covers the authors life dealing with her Mormon beliefs. That part was interesting and insightful into the Mormon beliefs and religion. As the book continues I realized that the author, although likeable, is really troubled beyond her religion. It was an entertaining listen in a soap opera way, but not the sort of book that I would generally read.
Well-written; not what I expected
The story of the author is interesting. I felt like the title was a bit misleading. There was not as much about the religion as I expected. This was more of a biography. Performance was very good, I just started to lose interest in the story about halfway through.
Nonacceptance of dogma
Beautiful, authentic experience of a woman questioning her circumstances. Inspiration for everyone questioning an authority in their lives.
Blame
I wish the narrator had made an effort to pronounce words correctly. Additionally, it appears the author wishes to blame the LDS Church for her own family disfunction. Seriously a father buying condoms and giving washing instructions? I would guess the church was not the contributing factor to her emotional struggles.
Not what I expected.
this is more a sad life story than the story of the "secret Ceremonies".