August 2, 1961:
“I know neither what is woman nor why I am a woman. But this I know: The sun still shines from the heavens to warm the body; the earth still is green and the crickets still sing; there is still blood that pushes life through my veins; it is still good to walk,to eat,to laugh. At present I must say, as I did onstage as the wife of Job: “I am–and that is all my answer.” But there is a larger answer, and one day I shall know it.”
So writes Carol Lynn Pearson as she wrestles with finding her voice as a 22-year-old college student who had just finished reading Women of Mormondom by Edward W. Tullidge.
We’re proud to announce the August release of The Diaries of Carol Lynn Pearson—Mormon Author, Feminist, and Activist, Volume 1: 1956–1990, a powerful and intimate chronicle from one of Mormonism’s most beloved and courageous voices. Purchase your copy today at your local bookstore or online.
In Case You Missed It
Author Andrew Kimball spoke with editorial manager John Hatch on the Signature Books podcast about The Blood in Their Veins: The Kimballs, Polygamy, and the Shaping of Mormonism. Kimball brings to life the dramatic and deeply human stories behind one of Mormonism’s most prominent families—the descendants of Heber C. Kimball.
Chad Nielson at From the Desk conducted an in-depth interview with Ignacio Garcia, author of Eduardo Balderas: Father of Church Translation, 1907–1989. Garcia reminds us all that “there are many people from diverse backgrounds, including various ethnicities, nationalities, and races, who have contributed to the growth of the Latter-day Saint gospel. We must know their history.”
Coming This Fall from Signature
