NEW BOOK!
How I loved writing this . . .
I have been writing versions of this book for twenty years and finally found a way to tell the story that was just so delicious!—with fun and awe and tears and joy. Jack Canfield gave this enthusiastic endorsement:
“I started reading The Love Map at bedtime and couldn’t stop. It was better than sleep! This beautiful and important story can be of value to everyone. It was to me.”
--Jack Canfield, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series
Watch Carol Lynn’s interview with Chicken Soul for the Soul co-author Jack Canfield discussing The Love Map.
About the book:
Falling in love is easy.
It’s rising in love that is the challenge and the growth and the joy.
“There should be a map!” Joanna laments as she watches the love she thought to be as rare as a new galaxy become as tiresome as Daniel’s dirty socks on the floor of their bedroom. “There should be a map for love, finding it, keeping it. It’s too random, too risky!” As their third anniversary approaches, Joanna’s boss at Google sends her on an assignment to Jerusalem.
A bomb in a café.
A hospital.
A deep sleep.
A being of light.
“I’m—I’m having a vision, aren’t I?”
“This is the land of visions. Why should you not be gifted with one?”
“But—I’m not very religious.”
A laugh. “Neither is God!”
Joanna’s “Higher Self” tells her there is a hidden, guaranteed map for love, and Joanna is called on a hero’s journey to find it and follow it—not only for her and Daniel—but for all of humanity. And every step of the way will be the threat of the One with the Sword, whose sworn goal is to prevent Joanna from finding the map.
This story is fiction. And it is true.
What readers are saying:
“The Love Map is a ‘tour de force’ that depicts the journey of our fragile relationships better than anything I have ever examined . . . . I was intrigued and inspired from start to finish . . . . This book has sort of become a bible to me. . . . There are now quotes from it on my refrigerator . . . .Entertained! Educated! I wanted more! . . . . Wonderfully readable, vivid and energetic . . . . Five stars! . . . . Everyone needs to read this . . . .The writing is a delight and the message is full of wisdom without being preachy. . . . A book I hope to read again and again.”
Exciting New Book of Poetry!
This book of poems is more than poetry. It is an urgent invitation for all—women and men, people of all religions and of no religion—to welcome the Divine Feminine, the long-absent Mother, into our minds, our hearts and our devotion, bringing us all closer to partnership, to justice and peace and wholeness.
Click here to view the audiobook on Amazon, with the author reading the entire collection of poems.
NEW! My Turn on Earth Storybook
The delightful tale told in the musical “My Turn on Earth” is presented here in storybook fashion with full-page, charming illustrations.
Barbara and her friends, happy in their heavenly home, are sent to earth on a treasure hunt, assigned to find and bring back the most valuable thing that exists. Clues float down to them signed by their brother Jesus, helping them to learn right from wrong, learn that they each are writing their own story and they can erase mistakes through repentance. And also how to avoid mistakes by learning to do to someone else only what you would like them to do to you.
Does Barbara find the treasure she came for? A little twist in the ending will bring you and your young listeners a smile and perhaps a tear.
New Book: I’ll Walk With You
No matter how you look, where you come from, or what your age and abilities are, you deserve to be loved and accepted. I’ll Walk with You tenderly teaches acceptance and unconditional love, encouraging children to show love for the people around them by walking beside them, listening and learning from them, and even talking and giggling with them too.
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy is a powerful and long-overdue look at the extraordinary damage that is done today in the LDS community by the ongoing belief in and policies driven by polygamy, past and future. To learn more about the book, click here.
Autographed copies of Ghost of Eternal Polygamy are available for order on the store here.
To hear me read excerpts from The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy, click the play button below:
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Hi, I’m Carol Lynn—poet, author, playwright, screenwriter, performer, speaker, general free-lance philosopher. Born in Salt Lake City. M.A. in theatre from Brigham Young University. Two bumper stickers over the years are instructive: “Loving Kindness is my Religion”—and “Question Authority.” Life has pushed me onto unexpected paths, and it all works out because…
“ . . . I face the plains
On a good day for walking.
The sun rises
And the mist clears.
I will be all right:
My people were Mormon pioneers.
”
Read more about me here. To read the full poem, "Pioneers," click here.
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Speaking
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MY WORK
My work ranges from a sweet poem about a day-old child to books and plays written on the challenging frontier where religion meets explosive social concerns. I was born into “women’s issues” and married into “gay issues.” My commitment is to help make church and society safe for our LGBT sisters and brothers and to assist in transforming patriarchy into partnership.
Read more about my work here. For a complete chronology of all of my work over the years click here.
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"I love your stories in our Chicken Soup for the Soul books. But I loved meeting you even more. You have a wonderful light about you. What a radiant aura!”
—Mark Victor Hansen, co-author Chicken Soup for the Soul series