It was wonderful to read an entire book with intelligent and well crafted stories that touched on Mormonism in some way. Several stories stayed with me long after I read them. The downside of this book is that so many of the stories left me feeling down. Very few of them ended on a positive note, but I guess that's literature for you ;)

I was told this book would give me faith in LDS literature - that there are authors out there writing the kinds of work that I want to read. It most definitely fulfilled that purpose. These are not the kinds of stereotypical stories with pat moral endings and cheesy grins all around. These stories acknowledge the existence of hard problems, of grief, of unanswered questions. I feel a little more real for having read them.

I truly enjoyed this book of short stories written by LDS authors. It is not your typical LDS fiction. These stories pushed the boundries and asked uncomfortable questions. It made me think.

Has some excellent stories, some okay stories, and one awful story by Orson Scott Card.