This review was originally written for and published on the AML-list (Association for Mormon Letters), dated July 14, 2001. Subsequent list discussion follows review.
In the Company of Angels by David Farland is a
moving story, told through the eyes of three historical characters: James Willie, the handcart company’s captain, Eliza Gadd, the agnostic wife of a faithful British convert and a mother with several children, and Baline Mortensen, a Danish child, sent ahead to America by parents who feared persecutors in Denmark might target her. The storyline is familiar: Continue reading
Lisa Torcasso Downing 