The Book of Mormon Girl:  Stories from an American Faith is now available for Kindle and in print at Amazon.com.  It tells a human story missing from so much media coverage of Mormonism:  how it feels to grow up in a warm, loving Mormon community.  But it is also a story about growing up, facing the heartaches and struggles that come to every life of faith.  A story of being found, and lost, and found again.  A story that belongs not just to Mormons, but to everyone.

Here’s what readers are saying about The Book of Mormon Girl:

“Your book was so forthright, funny, and spiritual.  I devoured it in one night.  Reminded me of growing up in Southern California Mormonism. Thank you!”–Mark in American Fork, Utah

“I’m speechless. I want to hand your book to other Catholic women like me. Thank you, thank you, thank you”–Nadia in NYC

“Your story inspires me to continue unravelling my own.”–Katherine in Boise

“I can’t believe how wonderful your book was.  Made me feel less alone, and most importantly, made me feel like I can be myself at church and don’t necessarily need to run away and sit on the sidelines of Mormonism.”–Tawnya in Salt Lake City, Utah

My other books include academic writing on how religion has shaped American culture.  American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African-American and Native American Literatures (Oxford, 2003) is a groundbreaking study of how communities of color in eighteenth-century America found in religion a powerful resource that inspired political leadership, community development, everyday survival, and literary creation. Hailed by reviewers as “incisive,” “dazzling,” “learned,” and “fascinating,” American Lazarus received the Modern Language Association’s William Sanders Scarborough Prize. I have  also edited or co-edited several editions of historical American writings including The Collected Writings of Samson Occom: Literature and Leadership in Eighteenth-Century Native America (Oxford, 2006), The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano (Lakeside Classics, 2004), and Face Zion Forward: First Writers of the Black Atlantic (Northeastern, 2002).