{"id":10414,"date":"2019-03-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10414"},"modified":"2019-03-11T16:08:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:08:39","slug":"her-life-torn-apart-when-the-prophet-calls-by-melanie-sumrow-ya-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10414","title":{"rendered":"Her life torn apart when THE PROPHET CALLS, by Melanie Sumrow (YA book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A house full of children,
being second or twelfth wife\u2026
not her dream, not her future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gentry’s mother is Father’s second wife, her love of music blooming in her children – an unhealthy practice from the outside say the other wives who also sniff that food is wasted on her sister Amy because the Prophet will never allow a disabled person<\/a> to be a wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Gentry could only play the violin instead of worrying about outsiders attacking the polygamist compound<\/a> or becoming a wife as a young teen or hearing the Prophet calling out punishments\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When do you say that your elders don’t know what’s best?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: The Prophet Calls \/ Melanie Sumrow. Yellow Jacket\/ Bonnier Publishing USA, 2018. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Playing the violin is Gentry’s dream, not becoming a wife and mother, but how far will the young teen go to make music in defiance of their polygamist cult’s Prophet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bad luck for Gentry that her 13th birthday comes just as the Prophet declares in a phone call from prison that no women may leave the Watchful compound, days before she and Tanner are due to play at the folk music festival in Santa Fe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father’s other wives have long said that her Mother’s love for music is too worldly, but surely Gentry’s talent is a blessing\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can Tanner find a way for them to perform at the festival?
\nCan Gentry stay clear of the Prophet’s eldest nephew and his grabby hands?
\nCan she keep little Amy safe from those who can’t see past her disabilities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every call from the Prophet brings new fears and restrictions as he decides what is taught at their school, which devout men get to marry more wives, and who is banished to the outside where crazy people think men walked on the moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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