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John Galsworthy's magnificent trilogy of power and passion chronicles the wealthy Forsyte family. As the disintegrating values of the Victorian era progress to World War I and the political uncertainty of the 1930s, the family's material and emotional struggles are set within the dwindling status of the affluent middle-classes.

Pillar of Light—the first volume in the series The Work and the Glory—begins the epic story of the Benjamin Steed family. In the 1820s they move from Vermont to Palmyra Township in upstate New York in search of better farmland. There they meet a young man named Joseph Smith and are thrown into the maelstrom of conflict and controversy that swirls around him. Did he really see the Father and the Son in a pillar of light? Has he truly been visited by angelic messengers? What is all this talk about gold plates and new scripture? In short, is he a prophet and seer or a monumental fraud?

After Jimmy's grandfather dies, his mother turns into a little girl named Cindy. Jimmy's life is taken over with trying to get his mother to come back to reality, find his brother once he runs away, and find his sister so they can finally be a family again. Even with Jimmy's Grandfather dead, there are lies, and betrayals around every corner. This audiobook will keep you listening all night and make you want to hurry and listen to the next installment.