National Network for Equitable Library Service

Despite ongoing trials, they feel that God has granted them this season of relief, hope and joy.

Pillar of Light — the first volume in the series The Work and the Glory — begins the epic story of the Benjamin Steed family.

Thy Gold to Refine covers one of the stormiest and trying, yet inspiring periods of Church history.

For the Steeds, the years between 1836 and 1838 are a time of separation and reunion, committment and apostasy, heartache and hope. Nathan Steed joins Parley P.

This 1991 novel is volume two in the author's series, "The Work and the Glory," and continues the saga of the Steed family during the early years of LDS Church history, 1830-1836.

Nothing in her cultured East Coast upbringing prepared Elizabeth for a teaching position on the Canadian frontier. Yet, despite the constant hardships, she loves the children in her care.

Just before the French were expelled from Nova Scotia early in the 18th century, two women, one French, one English, became as sisters.

In Acadia two young mothers, one British and one French, have become good friends, despite the enmity between their peoples. The French woman's baby girl becomes critically ill.