Over 150 years, she's been seen as everything from a "devil" to the epitome of the stereotypical selfless at all times, saintly, angelically feminine Mormon woman (the apparent most-favored status of Mormonism today given some recent Mormon culture movies and books). Mormonism has had a bit of a schizophrenic relationship with Emma Smith.
I feel like I've seen it from all sides.more I have really enjoyed reading "Escape", "Saints" and now "Mormon Enigma". I said I came closer to terms, not all the way.) Let's just hope he doesn't the Partridge sisters on each arm when he greets her. I think it is the perfect end to Emma's life for to call out "Joseph, Joseph, I'm coming.". That allows me to be more comfortable and more forgiving with some of the things that went on that I don't really agree with. Emma was an incredible lady and was just doing what she thought was right. I think all those familiar with the LDS church should read this because we live in fear almost of discussing anything controversial and I declare that I delved into the nitty-gritty and proclaim that it is not that bad. I think the animosity between Brigham Young and Emma was unavoidable because things were left so unclear when Joseph was killed.
Reading this helped me see that the early LDS church was not organized the way it is today and that it was just humans trying to do what they thought it was the Lord wanted to build up his restored church. I, however, felt so excited to really learn about Emma herself, as I had not known anything about her individually that was not painted through Joseph's story. Sometimes we think that if something doesn't paint the church in a perfect light we should ignore it. I know it had a lot of controversy when it was first published, but I found it non-biased and was surprised to see it was not anti-mormon at all. I think that when a book helps a feminist Mormon get closer to terms with a long, internal battle with polygamy it should get a "hurrah" and 5 stars. I, however, felt so excited to really learn about Emma herself, as I ha OK.
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