Review by Tess Parkinson (age 12)

This is a story about Sam and Charly. Sam is very serious and doesn't laugh very much. Charly is just the opposite, she is quick-witted and playful. Sam's dad's boss has a daughter who wants to know what Utah is like. Sam gets the job.

Sam asks Charly if she would like to hear the Missionary discussions, later converting her. Charly and Sam get into a fight and she decides to go back to New York.

Sam is very sad and tries to see her in New York, but is arrested by the police. He has to say sorry to everyone he upset.

Sam's friend tell him that Charly is back in town, but with another guy, Mark. She doesn't know who to marry so she sets up some tests, which Sam flunks. But, she decides to Marry Sam any way.

They decide to move to South Dakota, the farthest away from their parents as possible. Within 6 months of moving to their new home, Charly gets pregnant and has a baby which they name Adam.

One of my favorite parts of the book is when the bishop says not to have affairs, except with your husband or wife, so that is exactly what they do:

     "Hi there. Mind if I sit down?" I said to Charly, meeting her at a cozy restaurant where I had dropped her off five minutes earlier.
     Shrugging her shoulders and treating me like a complete stranger, she said, "I guess not."
     I sat across from her in the corner booth. She appeared to be uninterested as she busily studied the menu.
     "You come here often?" I asked
     "No, but since the divorce, I've just had to get away once in awhile."
     " Oh, you're divorced," I said, my mouth drooping with pity as I reached out to hold her hand. "You poor dear."
     "Yes," she sighed.
     "I'll bet he was a terrible man," I said, full of understanding.
     "A beast," she confided.
     "I'm recently widowed," I beamed.
     "Oh, I'm sorry. How recent?"
     I looked at my watch. "Very recent." (75)

Charly began to get side pains and finally decided to go to the doctor, who diagnosed her with cancer. Before she died she asked Sam if he would marry anyone after she was gone and he replied," I've got a wife, We were married for time and eternity. You'll always be my wife."

I thought that this was a very good book. I liked the way Mr. Weyland described thing like their house etc. I think this is an interesting book worth investigating.