Orem Library

This intimate look at Eliza R. Snow reveals the private side of this extraordinary poet, leader, pioneer, and teacher.

FROM INTERNATIONAL MODEL TO PUBLIC SPEAKER AND TEMPLE DRESS DESIGNER, ROSIE HAS NOT HAD A QUIET JOURNEY.
When sixteen-year-old Rosemary Card left Salt Lake to become a model, she had no idea what awaited her in New York City. As her career took her around the globe over the next two years, Rosie experienced the highs and lows of the fashion industry and learned firsthand the strength found in being true to yourself, listening to guidance from the...

When Marjorie Pay Hinckley passed away in April 2004, every woman who had ever known her, even merely through reading her books or hearing her speak, felt as if she had lost a friend. Sister Hinckley looked at life with a twinkle in her eye. Her genuine interest in others made them care a little more for each other. Her quiet, constant support of her husband showed what an eternal partnership could be like here and now. Most of all, her shining faith...

Home yesterday tells Emily's coming-of-age story as she realizes her Mormon parents divorced in the 1980s because her dad is gay. In it, Emily moves from California to a small town in Utah, where she struggles to reconcile Mormon church teachings with the love she has for her dad. Not only that, she must survive in the small town as a pariah from a step-family, in which her step-father is sexually inappropriate and abusive... All of this happens against...

Being baptized and following the Lord has made Al's life harder than it ever was before. She endured criticism from friends and family for becoming a Mormon. She faced harsh judgments from Church members for her appearance. She gave up everything and felt more alone than she ever had in her life. All because she chose God. Now she shares an up-close look at how trusting God has led her to places she never expected. As a blogger, YouTuber, and award-winning...

This book complies true stories from the lives of sixteen amazing women in Church history. "As he has recorded the events of history, man has often forgotten to mention the hand that rocked the cradle." These remarkable Mormon women gave their all for the gospel of Christ. With drama and emotion stronger than that found in any work of fiction, the inspirational stories in Heroic Mormon Women will bring to light the incredible strength, virtue, and...

Since the day in 1842 when the Prophet Joseph Smith “turned the key” in behalf of the women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, signaling the organization of the Relief Society, fifteen women have served as general presidents of the organization. From Emma Hale Smith, the first Relief Society president, to Bonnie D. Parkin, who from 2002 to 2007 led more than five million Relief Society sisters in 165 nations across the earth,...