Compiled by Linda Hoffman Kimball, Apple Pies and Promises gathers dozens of short personal essays by Latter-day Saint women reflecting on motherhood in the real world. From competitive baby-topping to infertility, adoption, blended families, wayward children, and caring for aging mothers, these candid, funny, and tender pieces refuse to sentimentalize. Instead they offer honest company to any woman navigating the complexities of raising, losing, longing for, or simply being a daughter—reminding readers they are in good company and need not measure up to an impossible ideal. Honest, un-sugarcoated motherhood—no pedestals, no perfect Pinterest moms Read it all at once or one bite at a time; perfect for exhausted mothers A cast of real LDS women who connect rather than compete or intimidate Covers the topics nobody talks about at church: infertility, depression, wayward kids, working-mom guilt Perfect for an LDS woman—mother, daughter, or both—who wants honest, funny, spiritually grounded company rather than idealized parenting advice.
