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Author: Norma J. Fischer
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Much has been written about Emma Hale Smith, 1 but perhaps no book captures so clearly the love: between Joseph and Emma as does Portrait of a Prophet's Wife. Drawing on new archival material, Norma Fischer paints the private life of Emma · and her beloved husband, Joseph Smith.
Written with deep affection, Portrait of a Prophet's Wife shows the joy, suffering, and sacrifice of the Church's first family. We see the trials of a new wife and expectant mother. We feel her grief as she loses each of her first, three children to untimely deaths. We sense the tragedy of her husband's persecutions and imprisonments. We experience the sorrow of Joseph's terrible death at the hands of a mob.
After Joseph's death, Emma is courted by Lewis Bidamon, a local handyman. We understand the feelings that led Emma to become his wife. Her many years spent in Nauvoo as Mr. Bidamon's wife become more than history here --they become the experience of real life. Portrait of a Prophet's Wife: Emma Hale Smith paints a portrait of a woman and her two families in an eventful life of surprise, heartache, and joy.
Pages: 156
