Book Anger

Have you ever picked up a book to read yet it made you so angry that you couldn’t read it? That’s how it was recently when I tried to read ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ by Jon Krakauer. It was the book discussion group selection.

Twice I started from the beginning, becoming so incensed at the abuse of women and children in our country, in the area of Utah and Arizona by the Fundamentalists of Latter Day Saints. This abuse of women and children is largely overlooked while our brilliant political leaders stamp out the abuse of women in the Middle East. Figure that one out.

Twice I had to put the book down so I didn’t explode with anger. The story is an insight of Mormon Fundamentalists. Our government sends four million dollars per year to Colorado City public school district, which, according to the Phoenix New Times “is operated primarily for the financial benefit of the FLDS Church and for the personal enrichment of FLDS school district leaders.”
I finally read the author’s remarks at the end of the book, finding it very interesting that he set out to write quite different story. Then I read a chapter in the middle of the book. Crazy way to read a book, but sometimes it’s whatever works. I never did finish all of it.