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In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, we bring you an immersive audio story: Subjunctive Clauses, a short story by Karen Rosenbaum, featured in the Winter 2024 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. This piece is beautifully narrated by Lola Binkerd and produced and edited by Daniel Foster Smith.
Subjunctive Clauses explores the poignant intersections of faith, loss, and the untaken paths of life. Laurie, a middle-aged teacher, finds herself caught between the weight of her father’s illness, her mother’s unshaken faith, and her own reflections on past relationships. As she navigates the complexity of family, memory, and longing, Laurie is drawn into the tension between what is and what might have been. Through her careful storytelling, Rosenbaum captures the delicate nuances of regret, love, and the enduring search for meaning.
Settle in for this moving and thought-provoking audio adaptation, where fiction’s “what ifs” invite us to reconsider the choices that shape our lives.