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Linda Walheim: The Prodigal Daughter by Mette Ivie Harrison

Linda Walheim: The Prodigal Daughter by Mette Ivie Harrison

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, has it become easier to speak out about sexual assault in religious communities? Linda Wallheim, increasingly disillusioned with her religion, has begun marriage counseling with her husband, Kurt, a bishop in the Mormon Church. On other days, Linda occupies herself with happier things, like visiting her five grown sons and their families. When Linda’s eldest son, Joseph, tells […]

May 25, 2021 / 0 Comments
Linda Wallheim: Not of This Fold by Mette Ivie Harrison

Linda Wallheim: Not of This Fold by Mette Ivie Harrison

Now that all five of her sons have left home, Mormon bishop’s wife Linda Wallheim has quite a bit of time on her hands, most of which she spends worrying about the state of the country and how her youngest son, Samuel, who is openly gay, is faring on his mission in Boston. She has also become close with one of the women in her […]

December 4, 2018 / 0 Comments
Linda Walheim: For Time and All Eternities by Mette Ivie Harrison

Linda Walheim: For Time and All Eternities by Mette Ivie Harrison

Mormon bishop’s wife Linda Wallheim is stunned to learn her son Kenneth has gotten engaged to a young woman from a polygamous family. Naomi Carter may have left the religion she grew up in, but the Carters will still be the Wallheims’ in-laws once Kenneth and Naomi are married. Stephen Carter, Naomi’s father and the patriarch of the Carter clan, invites the Wallheims over to […]

January 11, 2017 / 0 Comments
Linda Walheim: His Right Hand by Mette Ivie Harrison

Linda Walheim: His Right Hand by Mette Ivie Harrison

In Draper, Utah, a tight-knit Mormon community is thrown into upheaval when their ward’s second counselor—one of the bishop’s right-hand men—is found dead in an elaborately staged murder on church property. Carl Ashby was known as a devout Mormon, a pillar of the community, and a loving husband and father. Who would want him dead? Linda Wallheim, the wife of the ward’s bishop, can’t rest […]

December 3, 2015 / 0 Comments
Linda Walheim: The Bishop’s Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison

Linda Walheim: The Bishop’s Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison

In the predominantly Mormon city of Draper, Utah, some seemingly perfect families have deadly secrets. Linda Wallheim is a devout Mormon, the mother of five boys and the wife of a bishop. But Linda is increasingly troubled by her church’s structure and secrecy, especially as a disturbing situation takes shape in her ward. One cold winter night, a young wife and mother named Carrie Helm […]

December 31, 2014 / 1 Comment