We Were Smiths: Falling From Grace is\na unique, insider account of growing up within the Mormon Church,\nwhere lineage and family birthright define one’s standing and\nimportance. My great-great-grandfather was one of the few Smiths to\ncome west as a young orphan with Brigham Young, making my family a\nrarity in Utah with a bloodline connection to the Church’s original\nfounder and prophet.
We Were Smiths: Falling From Grace\nwill appeal to readers who are curious about Mormons and interested\nin an up-close portrait of a family collapsing under the weight of\ntheir special Mormon legacy, and the resulting spirals into addiction\nand self-destruction.
My first-person account details how my sister and I break away from The\nChurch and our family, both fleeing Utah, me to NYC and my sister, to\nCalifornia, trying to jettison our past and create new versions of\nourselves. It’s a vivid picture of our different challenges, and\nsometimes similar struggles to survive outside the Mormon faith and\nculture, resulting in our vastly different outcomes.
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