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WorksHolding the World Together
Holding the World Together is a captivating adventure, a touching love story and an evocation of of the American West in all its wildness, solitude and splendor. Anna and Jacob, two Swiss converts to the Mormon church, are sent to Eastern Utah, where Anna meets a young Ute lawyer, Ben Colorow fighting for land rights of the Ute Nation. Against all odds, he and Anna fall in love and must face the condemnation of their families and friends. While there have been many stories exploring the rich experience of immigrants in America, there have been few that have captured the power of the mystical homegrown religion known as Mormonism. From 1850-1900, missionaries persuaded more than 50,000 immigrants to join “the gathering” of Mormons on the western frontier. These immigrants had been promised a new life, but what they often found were conditions less hospitable than those they had left. Many encountered a hostile reaction from Native Americans who heroically attempted to preserve their ancestral lands, Holding the World Together shows how two people cross the divide of culture and religion to honor their love for each other. As a granddaughter of Mormon pioneers, the author has a deep connection to those who made the journey westward to seek salvation. She has gained insights into their odyssey through extensive research, interviews with members of the Ute Nation and her work as a psychologist and Professor of Family Medicine. Her work records the bravery and honesty of those who became part of the unfolding story of the American west. Broken Circuits: A Memoir of Alzheimer’s Disease in Four Voices
by Marilyn Mehr, Nancy M. Snell, Judith M. Olson, Dennis R. Mehr Rahomon-like, these four children tell us their often disparate stories, providing us with a sense of family life, of sibling relationships and their bond with their father. Somehow, these children find the glue to bind them together in caring for an aging parent. The Courage to Achieve: Why America’s Brightest Women Struggle to Achieve their Potential
by Betty Walker, Ph.D. and Marilyn Mehr, Ph.D. The basis for The Courage to Achieve is an in-depth study of 1,250 women ranging in age from 19 to 92, all graduates of New York City’s Hunter College High School for Girls, founded in 1896 and recognized as one of the finest junior and senior high schools for academically gifted girls in the nation. |
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