The Prodigal Daughter, Mette Ivie Harrison
The Prodigal Daughter, Mette Ivie Harrison
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The Prodigal Daughter

Author: Mette Ivie Harrison

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Unabridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/25/2021


Synopsis

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, has it become easier to speak out about sexual assault in religious communities?

Linda Wallheim, who is increasingly jaded with the Mormon church, has begun marriage counseling with her bishop husband, Kurt, hoping to reconcile their household and philosophical disagreements. On other days, Linda occupies herself with happier things, like visits to see her five grown sons and their families.

When Linda's eldest son, Joseph, tells her his infant daughter's babysitter, a local teenager named Sage Jensen, has vanished, Linda can't help but ask questions. Her casual inquiries form the portrait of a girl under extreme pressure from her parents to be the perfect Mormon daughter, and it eventually emerges that Sage is the victim of a terrible crime at the hands of her own classmates—including the high school's academic and athletic superstars.

Linda's search for Sage will lead her to the darker streets of Utah and once again cause her to question whether the Mormon community's most privileged and powerful will be called to task for past sins.

About Mette Ivie Harrison

Mette Ivie Harrison is the author of the Linda Wallheim mystery series, as well as numerous books for young adults. She holds a PhD in German literature from Princeton University and is a nationally ranked triathlete. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, she lives in Utah with her husband and five children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by peachygirl on September 10, 2023

Definitely not as great as the first book, but a decent read. Some parts of the past seemed pointless. It could have been easily more concise without the repetitions from Kane and Abel. Also, the last 100 pages got pretty boring with too many details. Another major disappointment was Richard not bei......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on January 03, 2011

Honestly, I found this in my father's car and only popped in the first tape to have something to listen to on my 20 minutes drive to school. I was surprised to find myself engrossed in the novel about a young girl who was the daughter of a Polish immigrant who build his own American Deam in the form......more

Goodreads review by Razvan on January 30, 2025

This story is a sequel to Mr. Archer's best-seller, Kane and Abel, this one has at its center Florentyna Rosnowski, the daughter of a Polish immigrant, who is on her way of becoming the first female president of the US. Many say that there are quite a lot of resemblances between the main character a......more

Goodreads review by Mizuki on November 06, 2019

2.8 stars. The first book is interesting enough, the second book is okay-ish but the plot and the characters are a bit bland. It's by no mean a bad book, but I'm not getting into it plus it feels like none of the characters has suffered any real heartbreak, hardship or drawback. That's it. Review for......more

Goodreads review by Gary on May 02, 2022

This is the second book in the Kane & Abel series by author Jeffery Archer and I was a little disappointed following the excellent first book. This sequel fails to deliver on the promise and in my opinion was just an ok read. Prodigal Daughter tells of Abel’s daughter Florentyna Rosnovski who aims fo......more