Book Reviews: "The Wednesday Letters" and "Catholic Roots, Mormon Harvest"

Nana told me to read
"The Wednesday Letters"--
she said I'd love it.
So I did.
Read it, I mean.
I did not love it.
It was okay and the message was not predictable.
But
meh
I don't know. It ended so weird that I had to re-read the ending
to make sense of it.  And then I made Mr Wonderful listen to me
sorta "de-brief" my self.
Can't say I'd recommend it to anyone.


"Catholic Roots, Mormon Harvest"
was written by Eric Shuster,
born and raised in the Catholic Church,
by parents who were devoutly Catholic--
working for the San Francisco diocese
among other things.
Eric also worked for the Catholic Church
and most importantly,
loved that faith with it's heritage and rich traditions
for most of his life.
His wife, used to be a Franciscan Nun,
no kidding,
before they met of course.
She graduated Magna Cum Laude from
the University of Saint Thomas
with a degree in Catholic Theology.

The book details their love of Catholicism
and the how's, why's and wherefores
of their eighteen-month conversion to
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
I have enjoyed reading this book very much.
The Shusters do not bash the faith of their fathers,
but show how they took from their roots all the best
that was there
and joined it with
the Mormon faith.
It is about as honest as can be...
and I can say that because I know these two wonderful people.
Eric and Marilyn are in our Stake.
They are loving, vibrant, knowledgeable about the Gospel
moreso than many LDS are--
they had alot to lose with their conversion,
so you bet they brought everything to the table
and in this book,
Catholic Roots, Mormon Harvest
they show that process in detail.
Lovely book
and I would recommend it to anyone.