A Season of Joy (Work and the Glory, Vol 5)

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Summary: A Season of Joy
Review: This book is based on a fictional family by the name of Steed. They are one of the many families that are in this book but they are the main one. This book is historical and most of the things in it really did happen. The Latter Day Saints moving from Palmyra just to end up in Nauvoo is one of them. It is one in a series of nine books and I think that series is a very good one. You have to read the ones before it for it to make sense though. But mainly in this novel they tell about how the saints traveled from Quincy, Illinois all the way to Nauvoo.

It tells about the suffering and trials all the saints had to go through. A main thing that happened in the Steed family in this book is that Joshua and Caroline's older boy Will, was sold to a riverboat man to work as a part of the crew. It is confusing but Will thinks his father is dead and the Mormons are the ones who killed him. But he doesn't know that some Missourians had shot him in the back and blamed it on the Mormons. But his father ended up surviving from the shot. But towards the end of the book Will is reunited with his long lost father and family...

There is a lot of romance and family problems too. They tell about how the family was split apart because of their beliefs and then how they came together because of them too. I like how he explains all about the family members and what they look like. I think my favorite is Savannah, she is four when the book ends and she is Joshua and Caroline's daughter. She has beautiful red hair and the clearest blue eyes. She is spoild and sounds absolutely darling.

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Summary: The book is too entertaining to put down and stop.
Review: I am only 13 and most people think I am crazy to be reading such a big book. The will ask me how I can read in one book for that long, I will say once you start you can't stop. It is like going into a different world. It is like being a Mormon way back than and going through all the trials they did. I hope Gerald Lund will keep writing these books.

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Summary: The Work and the Glory
Review: I have read all 9 books several times. With each reading, I not only pick up on things that I have missed before, but I come to a much better knowlegde of who I am, and the things I stand for. Althought the Steeds are a fictional family, everything that they experience is something that a pioneer family experienced. Gerald N Lund not only tells a fantastic story but he tells an historically correct story. My life is better for having read this series. I would recommend Fire of the Covenant, and his new series on the life of Christ. They will make you cry, laugh, and feel more than you can possibly imagine.

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Summary: The Work and the Glory
Review: I have read all 9 books several times. With each reading, I not only pick up on things that I have missed before, but I come to a much better knowlegde of who I am, and the things I stand for. Althought the Steeds are a fictional family, everything that they experience is something that a pioneer family experienced. Gerald N Lund not only tells a fantastic story but he tells an historically correct story. My life is better for having read this series. I would recommend Fire of the Covenant, and his new series on the life of Christ. They will make you cry, laugh, and feel more than you can possibly imagine.

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Summary: you can't put this book down
Review: I have read all nine of the book two times they were that good. My mom got mad at this summer because all I was doing was reading this series. My sister and myself quiz each other about them all the time. The are fun and insterating and the family is like my own

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Summary: I love this series!
Review: I love this series. I have read the first 4 books so far and my testimony of the Gospel has grown so much. I'm sixteen years old and I recommend this series to anyone and everyone, even if you aren't a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They are wonderful books and everyone should read them.

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Summary: I love this series!
Review: I love this series. I have read the first 4 books so far and my testimony of the Gospel has grown so much. I'm sixteen years old and I recommend this series to anyone and everyone, even if you aren't a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They are wonderful books and everyone should read them.

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Summary: Up till 5 am every morning, CAN"T put it down!!!
Review: I recommend this book for everyone, the Latter-day Saint or not. This series tells a story of a family that slowly all become meembers of the the church, which will take you through a wonderful, exciting, terrifying, scary, TRUE account of the history of the church. It is all based on real books and journals and I know that the history of the church as portrayed in this book is true. You will come to know all of the leaders as if you really knew them. The Latter-Day Saint history is so exciting to learn about and I know that anyone who reads these will be touched. I would encourage anyone with questions about the history of this wonderful church,to read this for a better understanding of how the church was organized, who Joseph Smith really is, What trials the early pioneers had to face, and many more. It's so exciting! I loved it!

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Summary: The Work and the Glory Volumes 1-4
Review: I'm not one that enjoys reading at all! I got the itch to read the Work and the Glory. I only have the first 4 volumes. I COULD NOT put the book down! I read all 4 in one month, which is totally amazing to me! I felt like I was part of the Steed, Smith families, I cried and laughed, I really felt like I was one of them. It really makes you appreciate all they went through for us! Thank You Mr. Lund for opening a whole new world of reading for me.

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Summary: The Work and the Glory Volumes 1-4
Review: I'm not one that enjoys reading at all! I got the itch to read the Work and the Glory. I only have the first 4 volumes. I COULD NOT put the book down! I read all 4 in one month, which is totally amazing to me! I felt like I was part of the Steed, Smith families, I cried and laughed, I really felt like I was one of them. It really makes you appreciate all they went through for us! Thank You Mr. Lund for opening a whole new world of reading for me.