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Title: A Story Worth Reading
Review: I selected this book to learn about the life of my 10th great grandmother Mary Dyer. After reading this book, I discovered my prior knowledge of the early American colonies lacking, especially in regards to religious practices and freedoms, or lack of freedoms for the non-Puritan in the early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The story of Mary Dyer is a story of spiritual discovery - wrestling with grace and works, choosing conviction over comfort and seeking a personal relationship with Christ while literally laying down her own life to stand against religious intolerance. This book tells the story missing from many classrooms. Some colonists may have crossed the Atlantic seeking religious freedom, however many of these same colonists were intolerant of beliefs different from their own. While the prose is not eloquent and the author takes some liberties, if you want to dig deeper into the struggle for freedom in America, read this book.
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