Adventures of the Soul: The Best Creative Non-Fiction from BYU Studies

Expect surprising disclosures if you open this book, for these are personal essays — the reality show of literature.

With thoughtful candor, these essays trace gospel messages in the lives of the humble.

For example, in South Africa a Xhosa black man with three teeth and a perfectly round head becomes a savior figure during a time of racial tension.

A young mother recognizes what her body has sacrificed for her children.

A harmonica player is awakened and washed by irrigation water, the water of life.

A missionary returned from Europe learns to see God’s mysterious hand in the life of a former foe.

Miracles, love, pain, the substance of life — all can be found in these stories.