PositiveThe Los Angeles Review of BooksFreeman’s transformation from obedient Utah girl to urbane Los Angeles artist remains somewhat opaque, in that she doesn’t identify a moment when she knew she did not believe in God or did not want her life to be defined by her Mormon identity. Her exploration of the self is more subtle, more honest ... In 'Home,' the book’s last section, Freeman drives across Utah to have breakfast in a diner with John Thorn, her first husband and the father of her son...It’s a somewhat jarring switch of tone — echoing the distanced style she uses when she writes about Mormon history, but more noticeable here, because she is describing her life.
