I wanted to read this book again, partly because I'd just read Brother Lund's most recent book, The Undaunted, and it got me in the mood for more pioneer-type historical fiction.
I remember liking the book, but we read so infrequently that it didn't endear itself to us like other books we had read. It took us longer to get through it, and we were often both exhausted. By the time we started this book, Justin was in grad school and working full time in Salt Lake City, and our oldest daughter was getting old enough that we could only read in bits and snatches at night. After we finished those, we read this book together. We read the entire Work and the Glory series and Children of the Promise series that way. We took turns reading to each other, but usually I ended up reading the most.
He and his wife, Lynn, are the parents of seven children.When Justin and I and our little family lived in Student Family Housing at BYU at the "turn of the century" :), we would often spend Sunday afternoons (and sometimes evenings) or vacation days reading LDS Church-themed/related books together.
Elder Lund served as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy from 2002 to 2008.Įlder Lund is a prolific author his novels include the Work and the Glory series, the Kingdom and the Crown trilogy, Fire of the Covenant, and The Undaunted.He has also written several books on gospel topics, including Hearing the Voice of the Lord and Divine Signatures. His Church callings have included serving as stake president, bishop, and teacher. He also did extensive graduate work in New Testament studies at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, California, and studies Hebrew at the University of Judaism in Hollywood, California.ĭuring his thirty-five years in the Church Educational System, the author served as a seminary teacher, an institute teacher and director, a curriculum writer, director of college curriculum, and zone administrator. degrees in sociology from Brigham Young University.
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