Beautiful Ashes

Shelly Edwards Jorgensen’s memoir BEAUTIFUL ASHES documents the milestones of the author’s life, portraying the heartrending realities of growing up in a traumatic household with poignant monologues, beautiful imagery and sensory descriptions. The book also explains how religion and faith can support people in the darkest times and offer a ray of hope as the Mormon faith is introduced to the author when she is struggling the most. Furthermore, the book showcases remarkable character development as the author comes to terms with the traumas she went through, discovering her identity and unlearning harmful habits.