The Book of Mormon Girl: Stories from an American Faith by Joanna Brooks

The Book of Mormon Girl: Stories from an American Faith
by

Joanna Brooks

 

Delightful, poignant memoir, recounting Brooks' heartwarming upbringing in the Mormon faith, followed by her crisis of conscience as her progressive inclinations collide with the LDS church hierarchy's conservative cast. I'd read this book again.

The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian

The Flight Attendant
by

Chris Bohjalian

 

 Hard-drinking flight attendant wakes up next to a murdered man. The professionals who "hit" the man decide the Flight Attendant knows too much. Espionage and skulduggery ensues.

It's a timeworn plot, but Bohjalian writes it well. She also adds some dimension to the character of the Flight Attendant by detailing her addictive history with alcohol (taking Sarah Hepola's book, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, as a guide to the condition).

Glad I read it--Bohjalian writes crisply and engagingly--but I probably wouldn't re-read it. I might check out another of her books, if I'm in the mood for a thriller.